Access to Biomedical Research Material and the Right to Data Protection in Finland




Southerington Tom

Santa Slokenberga, Olga Tzortzatou, Jane Reichel

2021

GDPR and Biobanking: Individual Rights, Public Interest and Research Regulation across Europe

Law, Governance and Technology Series

43

243

256

978-3-030-49387-5

978-3-030-49388-2

2352-1902

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49388-2_13(external)

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-49388-2_13#DOI(external)



This chapter describes the Finnish regulatory landscape concerning primarily non-interventional biomedical research and in particular the rights of study subjects from the data protection point of view. The GDPR is just one of many pieces of legislation affecting the rights of individuals, and it allows for significant variation between the EU Member States. Finnish law relating to biomedical research has materially changed in recent years and some changes are still pending. Overall, the legislator has aimed at enhancing opportunities for responsible research and enabling research-related innovation ecosystems, but also implemented quite strict limitations for data processing in balance. It is yet too early to evaluate the effects of the legislatory changes. The chapter is therefore mainly descriptive.



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