European data protection laws have a number of provisions to ensure personal health data can be accessed and viewed by the individual and that any health data divulged to a third party is anonymous and cannot be associated with an individual. The following provisions are generally covered in international and national data protection laws.

Processing Personal Data
Personal health data should only be stored on the express consent of the individual and the healthcare professional. This health data is stored in such a manner that it contains no nominative information and cannot be traced to the individual.

Data Accuracy
Registered healthcare professionals with the express permission of the individual should enter all medical data. The individual should be able consult his own medical information and request the healthcare professional for any rectification of inaccurate medical data in the case of a contest. The individual can authorize any participating Healthcare Professional to access and update his medical data. This includes a replacing Healthcare Professional, a Healthcare specialist or a Healthcare Professional in another geography or country.

Trans-border Data Flows
As long as electronic medical data is stored anonymously, there are no legal restrictions on storing medical data outside national borders for the purpose of processing or statistical research.

Right of Access
The individual should be able to directly or indirectly access his own medical data unless restricted by the Healthcare Professional. The individual owns, and should be able to manage and control all information within his/her health record with the input of a healthcare professional for medical credibility and accuracy.

Non-disclosure of Data
Medical data should not be nominative and is only identifiable by codes known only to the individual and the healthcare professional of choice. Medical data can only be disclosed with the express permission and under control of the individual.

Infringement of privacy
Anonymous medical data is processed for statistical and research purposes. Medical data and statistics cannot be linked to an individual.