The EDPB’s New Guidelines on Scientific Research: A New Era Begins

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The recent EDPB Guidelines 1/2026—currently still under consultation—represent a major development in the interpretive framework for scientific research.

The legal framework remains unchanged, but the way authorities will interpret it is changing.

In this video Silvia Stefanelli analyzes the new provisions and what changes for healthcare facilities, research institutions, sponsors, and CROs, with the aim of translating the new guidelines into informed operational decisions.

General objectives of this session:

clarify the concept of scientific research within the GDPR framework and EDPB guidelines;
understand when and how further data processing for research purposes is possible;
the approach to broad consent and available legal alternatives;
health data banks: what rules apply
anonymization and pseudonymization

The video was translated from Italian with an AI system (HeyGen)