1. All information about the patient’s medical condition, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment, as well as any other personal data shall be kept confidential even after the death of the patient and shall not be disclosed to any person or authority. The competent health care services provider or any person working in a medical institution shall not disclose any information regarding a patient which comes to his/her knowledge in the course of his/her duties or his/her work.
   Under certain conditions the medical institution or the competent health care services provider may disclose medical information to a third party.
2. There can be no intrusion into a patient’s private and family life, unless with the patient’s consent and if this is deemed necessary for his/her diagnosis, treatment or care.
   Health care shall only be provided with appropriate respect for the patient’s private life and shall, as a rule, be given in the presence only of those persons who are necessary for the provision of health care.
   A patient admitted to a medical institution shall be entitled to facilities or arrangements which ensure the protection of his/her privacy, particularly when the medical or nursing staff is providing personal care or carrying out medical tests or other treatment.
   
3. Data concerning health are in the Processing of Personal Data Act defined as “sensitive data”. The collection and processing of sensitive data is prohibited. The collection and processing of sensitive data, is permitted, only when certain conditions are fulfilled.
4. Every person has the right to know whether the personal data relating to him/her are or were processed. The patient has only a right to receive a copy of the rectified part.
   The data subject has the right to ask for and receive from the controller without excessive delay and expense the rectification, erasure or blocking of the data, the processing of which has not been performed in accordance with the provisions of the Processing of Personal Data Act, especially due to inaccuracies or shortages.

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