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Patients at UZ Leuven - Privacy

To provide the best care, UZ Leuven needs to process a lot of confidential and sensitive data. We attach great importance to properly protecting your data and carefully informing you about their processing. This page summarises the patient privacy regulations.

Why does UZ Leuven process your data?

UZ Leuven processes your personal data for one or more of the following purposes: patient care, operation of UZ Leuven, quality of care, patient registration or scientific research.

What data does UZ Leuven need?

What personal data does UZ Leuven collect in the context of patient care, operation of UZ Leuven, quality of care, patient registration or scientific research?

Data sharing

With whom will your data be shared? Your health data will be shared within the hospital as part of your care. UZ Leuven may also share your data outside the hospital to the extent necessary for the stated purposes.

How long will your data be stored?

UZ Leuven does not keep your personal data any longer than necessary. For the retention of various categories of data, the legislator has imposed a minimum period that UZ Leuven must comply with.

The importance of data sharing

Your medical data are invaluable for the development of new treatments, scientific breakthroughs and safe, high-quality care – not only for yourself, but also for all future patients in our hospital and in society.

What are your rights?

When UZ Leuven processes data about you, several rights arise for you as a data subject. We summarise your most important rights here. A full overview of your rights can be found in our privacy regulations.

Full privacy regulations

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Last edit: 20 september 2024