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Prognostic Health Data Protection

Meaning

Prognostic health data protection refers to the enhanced security and ethical measures specifically applied to data that holds predictive value about an individual’s future health outcomes, such as genetic risk scores, telomere length, or longitudinal biomarker trajectories. This type of data, which can forecast disease susceptibility or life expectancy, requires the highest level of protection to prevent potential misuse in areas like employment, insurance, or personal credit decisions. Protecting prognostic data is essential for empowering patients to engage in preventative health without fear of future penalty.