Taiwan's Legislature passes law to regulate personal health data

The Legislative Yuan passed a law on Tuesday regulating the use of National Health Insurance (NHI) data, granting individuals the right to opt out of having their records used for nonmedical purposes and imposing fines of up to NT$10 million (US$318,183) for unauthorized access.

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