Luis Bernardo Díaz Gamboa
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0117-4753
luis.diaz@uptc.edu.co
Cindy Paola Rivera Ramírez
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6596-611X
abogadacindyrivera@hotmail.com
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
Abstract:
This article presents a series of reflections on the policy that regulates the treatment of personal data, especially sensitive data related to intimate, personal, sexual, labor or family life of individuals, which is handled by health service providers. Colombia is one of the Latin American countries that has joined the strategy of bringing a general regulation of personal data protection to the legal system. However, this legal instrument is ineffective when it comes to guaranteeing a policy of full treatment of sensitive information on behalf of health operators, since it fails to provide real guarantees in the process of collection, storage, use, updating and transfer, turning informed consent into a surrender of the health service user’s privacy as a requirement for access to medical procedures.
Keywords: privacy, personal data, consent, treatment of information.
