POPIA vs BMREC

Implications of POPIA Code of Conduct for Research, on UWC Research Ethics approval process?

The Challenge

Privacy at risk
Data insecurity
Ethical gap
Regulatory solution

Ethical Principles

Benefit
Risk
Autonomy
Justice

Health Care Privacy

Healthcare law prevails over data protection law

Personal health information

• POPIA Section 32 rules
• Information confidential
• Comply with rest of POPIA
• HPCSA ethical guidelines

with a view to the proper treatment or care of the data subject

Research Privacy

Accountability
Process limitation
Purpose specification
Further processing

Information quality
Openness
Security safeguards
Participant rights

What are the potential harms of my study and how can I mitigate them?

NHREC

Acts
Accreditation
Accountability
Auditing
Admin

BMREC

Good science
Ethical practice
Respect and protect participants
Data security
Oversight

Untitled Slide

ensure researchers provide participant with all relevant information about their rights, why their personal information is being collected, and what will be done with it

Last thoughts

Same principles
Review process
More data-rigorous
Better auditing