A leading data rights group has expressed concerns over the Covid-19 personal medical data being held by the Central Statistics Office. Digital Rights Ireland has expressed reservations about the CSO allegedly “not being open and transparent about its dealings with medical data”. The CSO hosts a Covid-19 information hub on its website which reproduces “all Covid-19 related releases and publications”. However, the body also hosts a “secure Covid-19 data research hub” which contains “individual level administrative data sets" it gets from the HSE. Mr Ó Lachtnain said: “The CSO has not been forthcoming in relation to its plans for obtaining and sharing medical data.

Source: Irish Examiner July 06, 2021 18:45 UTC