The Risks of Health Data Commodification in the EU Digital Market

This article explores the health data commodification phenomenon in the European Union’s digital market. The emergence of a health marketplace, and the increasing utilisation of health data by both public and private entities, have raised significant concerns about citizens’ rights. This study examines the risks of health data commodification, the EU’s efforts to facilitate data sharing and reuse through the Digital Strategy Corpus of law (DSC) as well as its potential implications on the rights of data subjects. The article investigates the ongoing scholarly debate surrounding the commodification of personal data, and its ethical and legal dimensions. The interdisciplinary approach intertwines legal analysis with computer science insights to explore re-identification risks. The article highlights the need for a balanced approach that upholds citizens’ privacy rights while enabling responsible data sharing.