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It’s a busy time for privacy pros in the healthcare sector in Ireland at the moment. They are working hard to not just comply with GDPR but also to roll out a new framework when processing data for health research. The Irish Government’s Health Research Regulations 2018 apply in addition to the GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018; so organisations are now creating processes to ensure that they comply with all regimes, in addition to any other regulations relating to health research/clinical trials (including the Clinical Trials Regulation (EU Regulation 536/2014) due to commence in 2020). In summary, the