Facing the heat on data breach issues, Central Government has drafted the Digital Health Security Law. Any person who commits a serious breach of healthcare data shall be punished with up to 5 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5 lakhs. The draft called Digital Health Information in Healthcare Security Act (DISHA) states that health data including physical, physiological, mental health condition, sexual orientation, medical records, medical history and biometric data is information that can only be the property of the person it pertains to .
Owners of digital health information have the right to give or refuse consent for generation and collection of their health data. In case there is any misuse of data by any company or individual, then they are expected to pay compensation to the owner of that digital health data. Digital health data may be generated, collected, stored and…
