Health Data Protection: PDPL, GDPR and HIPAA Compared
One course covering the three regimes most healthcare organisations actually face.
Program overview
Nearly every health data protection course teaches one jurisdiction — usually HIPAA. Healthcare organisations in the Gulf, Europe and internationally routinely deal with two or three at once. This course teaches the shared principles first — lawful basis, minimisation, retention, breach duties, individual rights — then compares how Saudi Arabia's PDPL, the European GDPR and the US HIPAA framework each implement them, including where they conflict. It covers practical questions: sharing with relatives, research and secondary use, cross-border transfer, cloud storage, and the breach clock. Saudi PDPL is now actively enforced with short response windows.
Why this program
Three regimes taught side by side
Shared principles first, differences second
Practical scenarios: relatives, research, cloud, transfer
Includes breach response timelines
Who it is for
Program objectives
- Explain the shared principles underlying modern health data protection law
- Identify a lawful basis for a described processing activity
- Apply data minimisation and retention principles to clinical records
- Compare PDPL, GDPR and HIPAA on the points where they differ materially
- Respond correctly to an individual's request about their own data
- Execute the first steps of a suspected data breach response
Learning outcomes
- Identify the lawful basis applicable to a described processing activity
- Differentiate the obligations of PDPL, GDPR and HIPAA for a given scenario
- Apply minimisation to a described data-sharing request
- Evaluate a cross-border transfer for compliance risk
- Apply the correct first response and timeline to a suspected breach
- Recommend a retention approach for a specified record type
Curriculum
Module 1: The Shared Principles
1 lessonsThe Shared PrinciplesPreview
Lawfulness, minimisation, purpose limitation, retention, rights.
Module 2: Three Regimes Compared
1 lessons- Three Regimes Compared
Module 3: Everyday Scenarios
1 lessons- Everyday Scenarios
Module 4: Research and Secondary Use
1 lessons- Research and Secondary Use
Module 5: Cross-Border and Cloud
1 lessons- Cross-Border and Cloud
Module 6: Breach Response
1 lessons- Breach Response
Duration and structure
6 lessons across 6 modules. Duration is expressed in study hours.
What you receive
This certificate confirms completion of Health Data Protection: PDPL, GDPR and HIPAA Compared. Duration is expressed in study hours.
Delivery format
- Self-paced — start any time.
- Study on any device.
- Lifetime access to the version you enrolled in.