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August 12. 2022.111-Xian-Pan-Zi No.13.Constitutional Court of TaiwanData protection; right to privacyThe Constitutional Court of Taiwan held that the storage of data provided for the National Health Insurance Database was unconstitutional, the relevant provisions should be amended within 3 years of the publication of this judgment.The Constitutional Court heard a challenge against the storage of data provided for the National Health Insurance Database. The Constitutional Court held that the lack of independent supervisory mechanism; the lack of right to opt out; and the lack of clarity regarding providing access to this information for the public health authorities amounts to unconstitutionality especially in the special post-Covid context. As a consequence, the legislation was ordered to amend the relevant provisions within 3 years of the publication of this judgment.   https://www.leetsai.com/ltp-special-column/the-secondary-use-of-the-national-health-insurance-database-found-partially-unconstitutional-in-taiwan-constitutional-court-decision