{"id":4538,"date":"2023-03-09T10:40:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T09:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/?p=4538"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:58:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:58:52","slug":"the-cnil-guidelines-for-the-processing-of-personal-data-in-the-healthcare-sector-compliance-with-the-gdpr-and-french-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/en\/the-cnil-guidelines-for-the-processing-of-personal-data-in-the-healthcare-sector-compliance-with-the-gdpr-and-french-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"The CNIL guidelines for the processing of personal data in the healthcare sector: Compliance with the GDPR and French legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The CNIL (Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libert\u00e9s, the French data protection authority) has published guidelines for healthcare organisations on the processing of personal data.<\/p>\n

The guidelines outline the criteria that these organisations must meet in order to obtain valid consent from individuals for the processing of their data.<\/p>\n

They also specify the information that must be provided to individuals when collecting their data, as well as the conditions that must be met for data to be transferred to third parties.<\/p>\n

The CNIL emphasizes the importance of ensuring data security and implementing appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data.<\/p>\n

The guidelines are intended to help healthcare organizations comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and French law.<\/p>\n

To read the full guidelines visit: <\/strong>Link<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The CNIL (Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libert\u00e9s, the French data protection authority) has published guidelines for healthcare organisations on the processing of personal data. The guidelines outline the criteria that these organisations must meet in order to obtain valid consent from individuals for the processing of their data. They also specify the information […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[139,143,140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-company","category-compliance","category-gdpr"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe CNIL guidelines for the processing of personal data in the healthcare sector: Compliance with the GDPR and French legislation - Universal Medica<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/fr\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The CNIL guidelines for the processing of personal data in the healthcare sector: Compliance with the GDPR and French legislation - Universal Medica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The CNIL (Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libert\u00e9s, the French data protection authority) has published guidelines for healthcare organisations on the processing of personal data. The guidelines outline the criteria that these organisations must meet in order to obtain valid consent from individuals for the processing of their data. They also specify the information […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/fr\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Universal Medica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-09T09:40:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-13T09:58:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CNIL-Web-ENg.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Gobi Nathan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Gobi Nathan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.universalmedica.com\\\/fr\\\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.universalmedica.com\\\/fr\\\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Gobi Nathan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.universalmedica.com\\\/fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/45029bc39741cfb27831e6380f0b218e\"},\"headline\":\"The CNIL guidelines for the processing of personal data in the healthcare sector: Compliance with the GDPR and French legislation\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-09T09:40:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-13T09:58:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.universalmedica.com\\\/fr\\\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":150,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.universalmedica.com\\\/fr\\\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.universalmedica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/CNIL-Web-ENg.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Company\",\"Compliance\",\"GDPR\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.universalmedica.com\\\/fr\\\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.universalmedica.com\\\/fr\\\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\\\/\",\"name\":\"The CNIL guidelines for the processing of personal data in the healthcare sector: Compliance with the GDPR and French legislation - Universal Medica\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.universalmedica.com\\\/fr\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.universalmedica.com\\\/fr\\\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.universalmedica.com\\\/fr\\\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.universalmedica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/CNIL-Web-ENg.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-09T09:40:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-13T09:58:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.universalmedica.com\\\/fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/45029bc39741cfb27831e6380f0b218e\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.universalmedica.com\\\/fr\\\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.universalmedica.com\\\/fr\\\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.universalmedica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/CNIL-Web-ENg.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.universalmedica.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/CNIL-Web-ENg.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":300},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.universalmedica.com\\\/fr\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.universalmedica.com\\\/fr\\\/\",\"name\":\"Universal Medica\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.universalmedica.com\\\/fr\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.universalmedica.com\\\/fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/45029bc39741cfb27831e6380f0b218e\",\"name\":\"Gobi Nathan\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.universalmedica.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/gobi-nathanuniversalmedica-com\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The CNIL guidelines for the processing of personal data in the healthcare sector: Compliance with the GDPR and French legislation - Universal Medica","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/fr\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The CNIL guidelines for the processing of personal data in the healthcare sector: Compliance with the GDPR and French legislation - Universal Medica","og_description":"The CNIL (Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libert\u00e9s, the French data protection authority) has published guidelines for healthcare organisations on the processing of personal data. The guidelines outline the criteria that these organisations must meet in order to obtain valid consent from individuals for the processing of their data. They also specify the information […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/fr\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\/","og_site_name":"Universal Medica","article_published_time":"2023-03-09T09:40:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-13T09:58:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CNIL-Web-ENg.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Gobi Nathan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Gobi Nathan","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/fr\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/fr\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\/"},"author":{"name":"Gobi Nathan","@id":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/fr\/#\/schema\/person\/45029bc39741cfb27831e6380f0b218e"},"headline":"The CNIL guidelines for the processing of personal data in the healthcare sector: Compliance with the GDPR and French legislation","datePublished":"2023-03-09T09:40:30+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-13T09:58:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/fr\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\/"},"wordCount":150,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/fr\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CNIL-Web-ENg.png","articleSection":["Company","Compliance","GDPR"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/fr\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\/","url":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/fr\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\/","name":"The CNIL guidelines for the processing of personal data in the healthcare sector: Compliance with the GDPR and French legislation - Universal Medica","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/fr\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/fr\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/fr\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CNIL-Web-ENg.png","datePublished":"2023-03-09T09:40:30+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-13T09:58:52+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/fr\/#\/schema\/person\/45029bc39741cfb27831e6380f0b218e"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/fr\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/fr\/les-lignes-directrices-de-la-cnil-pour-le-traitement-des-donnees-personnelles-dans-le-secteur-de-la-sante-conformite-au-rgpd-et-a-la-legislation-francaise\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CNIL-Web-ENg.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CNIL-Web-ENg.png","width":500,"height":300},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/fr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/fr\/","name":"Universal Medica","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/fr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/fr\/#\/schema\/person\/45029bc39741cfb27831e6380f0b218e","name":"Gobi Nathan","url":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/en\/author\/gobi-nathanuniversalmedica-com\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4538"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7668,"href":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4538\/revisions\/7668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.universalmedica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}