Polymorphic Encryption and Pseudonimisation

Polymorphic Encryption and Pseudonymisation: privacy and security by design in a medical research context.

This project is about privacy friendly exchange of medical data for specific medical research purposes. The PEP methodology combines advanced encryption with distributed pseudonymisation, and distribution of trusted data with fine-grained access management. The first pilot project is a research data repository for a large scale Parkinson’s Disease research project. Privacy-friendly sharing of research data is only effective if there is a multidisciplinary approach. A combination of consent (subject’s rights), governance (organizational), data use agreements (legal) and technical measures (encryption, pseudonimisation) is required in an integrated approach. All these aspects are very relevant from an iHub perspective. The aim of the project is to design, build and implement a system that can be used as a privacy friendly and secure data repository for medical research data. The repository has a projected life span of 20 years.

For more information visit: https://pep.cs.ru.nl/