Individuals are entitled to be informed of data with personal identifiers stored by the Directorate of Health, regardless of whether the unique identifiers are encrypted.
To ensure the security of personal data, a valid publicly issued identity card must be shown when the request is made and when the data is delivered.
What personally identifiable data is collected by the Directorate of Health?
Information is collected about the activities of the health service, i.e. about the services that individuals receive in primary health care, in the offices of self-employed specialists, and in hospitals/healthcare institutions. Information is also collected on individuals' prescriptions.
Information on the education of healthcare professionals is collected in connection with the granting of licenses and specialist licenses of healthcare professionals. Furthermore, the office stores data on healthcare professionals in connection with complaints that individuals direct to the Directorate of Health regarding healthcare services.
The case register keeps track of the office's activities, such as documents, licenses of healthcare professionals, complaints from healthcare users, and applications for access to data for scientific research.
Ísland.is uses a web analytics tool from Plausible to analyse the use of the website. Its purpose is to obtain statistical information to improve and develop the website and the information published there. This information gives insight, for example, how many users open specific subpages on the website, for how long they are viewed, what content users search for in the search engine on the site, from which websites users enter the site and what type of browser they use to view it. No personally identifiable information is collected for this purpose.
