Protection of Personal Data in E-Health: A Comparative Perspective Between Tanzania and Germany.

Msumi, Mbiki Mkude (2024) Protection of Personal Data in E-Health: A Comparative Perspective Between Tanzania and Germany. Doctoral thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This doctrinal and comparative legal research investigates the legal implications of processing personal data in Tanzania's electronic healthcare services (e-Health). The study provides insight into the privacy of health records in the legal and regulatory framework for protecting patients’ health records in Tanzania’s e-Health systems by using the German legal and regulatory framework as a model for legislative reforms. This study establishes that Tanzania does not have a harmonized and specific law governing electronically generated health data. The available Data Protection Regulation does not guarantee personal data protection under e-Health systems. The problem emanates from existing health policy, on the one hand, and the legislator’s failure to address legal challenges caused by the application of technology in protecting patients’ information in the e-Healthcare delivery system, on the other. Therefore, the study urges the Government of Tanzania to adopt harmonized laws to protect patients' privacy under the e-Health delivery system by using the German framework as a benchmark. Keywords: Privacy and confidentiality, patients’ information, patients’ personal data protection, electronically generated health data.

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