ESR photo Research project "Health Data Governance in the Age of Digital Health: The Legal Models of the EU and China" About the project While the emergence of AAL technologies within the context of healthcare present incredible opportunities to improve the life quality of the frail and sick, these technologies pose significant legal issues. These technologies require coherent legal regulation in order to ensure, among other things, the safety of the device and the privacy of the individual using it. Taking a global perspective, this project will explore the current legal framework governing video-based AAL technologies and involve an in-depth interpretation and systematization of the positive law related to this emerging field. While the bulk of the work will involve a deep dependence on traditional legal sources, reliance on materials gathered in the domain of computer science and a translation of these materials into a legal context will be necessary. Start date: April 2021 Progress of the project Zhicheng He’s doctoral project entails a comparative legal study between the health data protection legal framework of the European Union (EU) and that of China, in the context of using digital technologies for health-related purposes, with a focus on assisted living. Outcomes are expected to be presented in a monograph, which seeks to map the complex legal framework applicable to digital health technologies in the context of health data processing. During the past period, Zhicheng has made an updated research plan with detailed steps to achieve the goal. His works are proceeding as planned. Manuscripts on the introduction and technology sections of the thesis have been generated. He is now conducting research on the data protection legal frameworks of the EU and China. So far, Zhicheng has presented his research within visuAAL in four international conferences. In 2022, he published part of his research in one paper, for which he also received the “Best Workshop Student Paper Award” in PETRA 2022. In addition to thesis works, Zhicheng has been active in the research community, especially the GoodBrother research network. He co-authored both the Whitepaper on AAL (published) and the position paper (to be published). Besides, Zhicheng attended all trainings within visuAAL and finished three PhD courses at Stockholm University (22.5 ECTs). Scientific publications From Privacy-Enhancing to Health Data Utilisation: The Traces of Anonymisation and Pseudonymisation in EU Data Protection Law Zhicheng He From Privacy-Enhancing to Health Data Utilisation: The Traces of Anonymisation and Pseudonymisation in EU Data Protection Law Digital Society, 2, 17, 2023 Health Data Protection: The Regulatory Approaches of China Zhicheng He Health Data Protection: The Regulatory Approaches of China In Session “Healthcare Issues in Asia and Beyond” at the 2022 Global Meeting on Law and Society, Lisbon, Portugal, 2022. Privacy-enhancing Technologies for Active and Assisted Living: What Does the GDPR Say? Zhicheng He Privacy-enhancing Technologies for Active and Assisted Living: What Does the GDPR Say? In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 430–433, 2022. “Best Workshop Student Paper Award” Bridging Law and Technology: Seeing Through Privacy-Enhancing Technologies for Assisted Living from the Perspective of EU Data Protection Law Zhicheng He Bridging Law and Technology: Seeing Through Privacy-Enhancing Technologies for Assisted Living from the Perspective of EU Data Protection Law GoodBrother COST Action International Conference on Privacy-friendly and Trustworthy Technology for Society, Zagreb, Croatia, 2022. Colliding Legal Frameworks in the Era of Active and Assisted Living: Comparing the approaches of the EU and China Zhicheng He Colliding Legal Frameworks in the Era of Active and Assisted Living: Comparing the approaches of the EU and China 2021 XXXVI Nordic Conference on Law and Information Technology, Oslo, Norway, 2021. About the ESR Zhicheng is interested in exploring the interaction between law and information technology. He completed his Master of Laws in International Business Law (LL.M.) at Ghent University (Belgium) where he dedicated his thesis to personal data protection. He holds another Master of Laws degree and a Bachelor of Laws degree, both from Southwest University of Political Science and Law (China). Before his position in visuAAL, Zhicheng worked as an in-house legal counsel and gained practical experience in the ICT sector. Contact information Zhicheng He The Swedish Law and Informatics Research Institute (IRI) Department of Law Stockholm University Universitetsvägen 10C 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden Email address: zhicheng.he@juridicum.su.se
From Privacy-Enhancing to Health Data Utilisation: The Traces of Anonymisation and Pseudonymisation in EU Data Protection Law Zhicheng He From Privacy-Enhancing to Health Data Utilisation: The Traces of Anonymisation and Pseudonymisation in EU Data Protection Law Digital Society, 2, 17, 2023
Health Data Protection: The Regulatory Approaches of China Zhicheng He Health Data Protection: The Regulatory Approaches of China In Session “Healthcare Issues in Asia and Beyond” at the 2022 Global Meeting on Law and Society, Lisbon, Portugal, 2022.
Privacy-enhancing Technologies for Active and Assisted Living: What Does the GDPR Say? Zhicheng He Privacy-enhancing Technologies for Active and Assisted Living: What Does the GDPR Say? In Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 430–433, 2022. “Best Workshop Student Paper Award”
Bridging Law and Technology: Seeing Through Privacy-Enhancing Technologies for Assisted Living from the Perspective of EU Data Protection Law Zhicheng He Bridging Law and Technology: Seeing Through Privacy-Enhancing Technologies for Assisted Living from the Perspective of EU Data Protection Law GoodBrother COST Action International Conference on Privacy-friendly and Trustworthy Technology for Society, Zagreb, Croatia, 2022.
Colliding Legal Frameworks in the Era of Active and Assisted Living: Comparing the approaches of the EU and China Zhicheng He Colliding Legal Frameworks in the Era of Active and Assisted Living: Comparing the approaches of the EU and China 2021 XXXVI Nordic Conference on Law and Information Technology, Oslo, Norway, 2021.