Many Have It Wrong – Samples Do Contain Personal Data: The Data Protection Regulation as a Superior Framework to Protect Donor Interests in Biobanking and Genomic Research

Law, Governance and Technology Series

Volumn 29, Issue , 2016, Pages 119-137

  Hallinan, Dara ^a   De Hert, Paul ^b  

^a FIZ Karlsruhe Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure GmbH   (Germany)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Authoritative Source; Data Protection; Genetic Sample; Genetic Science; Personal Data

Indexed keywords

EID: 85048743236     PISSN: 23521902     EISSN: 23521910     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33525-4_6     Document Type: Chapter

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