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Crimes against privacy and unlawful disclosure of private information
To specify the access, use and dissemination of information.
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Accessing a former partner’s medical records
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Supreme Court · Second Chamber (Penal) · 2016
ECLI:ES:TS:2016:185 · Date of resolution: 03/02/2016
What the Supreme Court considered and decided
The Supreme Court upheld a conviction for unauthorised computer access to a former partner’s and relatives’ medical records. It considered misuse of professional access and repeated consultations of the records.
What this helps explain
Having access credentials does not amount to being authorized to consult health data for personal reasons.
Editorial summary from the official note of the CGPJ. It describes this resolution, without certifying the subsequent evolution of the procedure. It should be read with the legislation applicable to its facts, reforms and subsequent case law.
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Bodily injuryGender-based violenceHabitual domestic abuseUnlawful access to and disclosure of private informationProtection orderInterim measuresPrivate prosecution by the victimReporting an offenceFormal criminal complaintEvidence taken in advance of trialInterception of communicationsExemption from giving evidence against a relativeWitness reporting information received from othersAcquittal