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Table 1 Transferability of data/samples with different level of subject’s privacy protection

From: Legal and ethical framework for global health information and biospecimen exchange - an international perspective

 

AUT

CHE

CHN

GBR

HKG

JPN

ITA

SGP

SWE

TUR

TWN

UGA

USA

Transferability

 Uncoded data/sample

yes

yes

yesa

yes

yes

yesb

no

no

yes

no

yes

no

yes

 Coded data/sample

yes

yes

yesa,b

yes

yes

yesb

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

n.a

 Anonymized data/sample

yes

yes

yesa

yes

yes

yesb

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yes

yesb

  1. n.a “not applicable”, this type of data/samples is not defined in the law
  2. aThe cross-border transfer of non-genetic data is not regulated but the transfer is possible
  3. bDifferent terms from coded/anonymized are used to categorize subject’s privacy protection (see above)
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BMC Medical Ethics

ISSN: 1472-6939

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