Repressive surveillance and lots of money in the event of “serious cross-border health threats”: what to know about the European Health Data Area Regulation

The European Health Data Area Regulation creates repressive surveillance tools in the event of “serious cross-border health threats”. Lots of money is involved. This is all reminiscent of Corona.

For almost two years, the EU institutions have been negotiating the creation of a “European Health Data Space” (EHDS for short). The proposed law is now nearing completion, and to put it bluntly: the EHDS is showing alarmingly repressive traits. The health data of all EU citizens should be available for “secondary use”, i.e. for scientific research, but also, for example, for training AI algorithms and for policy making.