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title: "E.U. Data Privacy Rules Threaten Medical Research"
summary: |-
  The negative effects of data privacy could outweigh benefits.
date: "2014-11-18"
issues: ["Privacy", "Biopharmaceutical Innovation"]
authors: ["Alan McQuinn"]
content_type: "Op-Eds & Contributed Articles"
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2014/11/18/eu-data-privacy-rules-threaten-medical-research/"
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# E.U. Data Privacy Rules Threaten Medical Research

The European Union’s continuing efforts to regulate data in the name of privacy protection is raising growing concerns in the medical research community — and elsewhere — about the potentially costly unintended consequences of those rules.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2014/11/18/eu-data-privacy-rules-threaten-medical-research/*