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Informed consent

Informed consent is the process in which a health care provider educates a patient about the risks, benefits, and alternatives of a given procedure or intervention. The patient must be competent to make a voluntary decision about whether to undergo the procedure or intervention.

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Data retention

Data retention refers to all obligations on the part of controllers to retain personal data for certain purposes. Some regulations and directives impose a certain data retention period.

The Data Retention Directive (Directive 2006/24/EC) contains an obligation for providers of electronic communications to retain traffic and location data of communications through telephone, e-mail, etc. The retention takes place for the purpose of the investigation, detection and prosecution of serious crime.

As for clinical trials, a data retention period of at least 25 years was fixed in article 58 of Regulation (EU) 536/2014.

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