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Personal health care and medical treatment information and protection of privacy right

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Frontiers of Law in China

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Personal health care and medical treatment information are both personal information which can be used as a sign to identify each individual. Such information shall be under the control of the owner. The comprehensiveness of personal health care and medical treatment information makes it more valuable than the simplex personal information. The controlling right of personal health care and medical treatment information is irretrievable once deprived. The rights of controlling, managing and using regarding personal health care and medical treatment information can be separated appropriately. The right of privacy is an independent personality right. For the protection of public interests, the right of personal privacy shall be appropriately limited. Meanwhile, the government shall be responsible for the protection of personal health care and medical treatment information.

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个人健康医疗信息是个人信息的组成部分, 是可以用于识别主体的符号, 个人健康医疗信息的控制权为生成者所拥有。 个人健康医疗信息的综合性使其价值高于单一的个人信息。 个人健康医疗信息控制权丧失后, 具有不可回复性。 个人健康医疗信息的控制权、 맜理权、 使用权可适当分离。 隐私权是一项独立的人格权。 为了维护公共利益, 个人隐私权应当适度克减; 同时, 政府具有保护个人健康医疗信息的义务。

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Correspondence to Xiaotian Tang.

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Translated by Zhou Changming from Tongji Daxue Xuebao 同济大学学报 (Journal of Tongji University), 2006, (3): 117–123

Tang Xiaotian is a professor and supervisor in charge of the development and planning division of Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, and deputy General Secretary-in-chief of the Society of Law of Shanghai, whose main studies is focused on victim science, criminal law and criminology. Till now, he has 8 monographs and over 90 articles published in academic journals.

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Tang, X. Personal health care and medical treatment information and protection of privacy right. Front. Law China 3, 408–422 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11463-008-0019-3

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