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Deploying Medical Sensor Networks in the Cloud – Accountability Obligations from a European Perspective

The right to data protection is a highly developed area of law in Europe. At the same time cloud technology has become a routine part of the European citizens' digital life. One relevant development is medical sensor networks, which are seeing increased use for monitoring health and well-being for e.g. of elderly people living at home. The large amount of data generated by such sensors indicates that it would be suitable to employ a cloud-based solution for processing and storage, but since the sensor data represent sensitive personal data, there are many challenges that must be addressed. This paper identifies and explores a number of accountability obligations that arise.

Authors: 
Karin Bernsmed, W. Kuan Hon, Christopher Millard
Publication Date: 
Friday, June 27, 2014 to Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Place: 
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Publication Reference: 

Bernsmed K., Hon W. Kuan, Millard C., "Deploying Medical Sensor Networks in the Cloud – Accountability Obligations from a European Perspective", 2014 IEEE 7th International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD), Page(s): 898 - 905, Print ISBN: 978-1-4799-5062-1, INSPEC Accession Number: 14792734, IEEE, DOI: 10.1109/CLOUD.2014.123.