Medical and Care Robots: Privacy and Data Protection Implications

Abstract

The increasing tendency to use robots in health and personal care services will imply important challenges. Data management that will be collected, generated and shared will be one of them. This work addresses some of the main issues involved in the privacy and data protection for users of these services. It establishes a reference framework, based on the European Regulation of personal data protection and on the guidelines that, for the legal and ethical scope, have been set by the European institutions in this matter.