GOVERNANCE AND PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA IN THE ITALIAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN THE LIGHT OF EU PRINCIPLES

The study focuses on the new model of governance of personal data in the healthcare system, which is going to be implemented in Italy and in the Union on the basis of the principles of findability, accessibility, interoperability and reusability of data (FAIR principles), set out in 2020 by the ‘European strategy for data’ and taken as a reference by the subsequent Data Governance Act. The problematic issues relating to the primary and secondary use of electronic health data call for a special effort, especially on the part of the supervisory authorities, in preserving compliance with the GDPR principles in this renewed context. The most important challenge is to ensure that EU fundamental rights remain the central element in the digital transformation through a human-centric approach to the new issues prompted by societal demands for data sharing and availability