Patient care
The provision of preventive medicine or medical diagnosis, the provision of care (e.g. medical, paramedical, nursing and social) or treatment to the individual or a relative or the management of health services, in the interest of the individual; medicine management;
Operation of UZ Leuven
Collection and processing of data necessary for the daily operation of UZ Leuven, including patient identification and follow-up, patient administration and billing, on-call systems;
Quality of care
Collection and processing of all data related to medical and paramedical diagnostic and therapeutic practices administered to patients with the aim of improving quality of care;
Patient registration
Registering medical personal data, residence and contact details of patients for internal purposes and as part of government-mandated registrations, as well as for research and policy purposes;
Scientific research
Scientific research is also part of the core tasks of a university hospital. The aim of that scientific research is to improve knowledge about disease and health and provide new insights that ultimately lead to new or better therapies for patients.
Full privacy regulations
Questions and complaints
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Ombudsman service
Contact the ombudsman service with- questions and concerns about the protection of your data
- requests to exercise your rights
- complaints
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DPO
You may also contact the Data Protection Officer at UZ Leuven -
Juridische dienst for the attention of the Data Protection Officer (DPO)
Herestraat 49
3000 Leuven -
DPA
You can also directly contact the Belgian Data Protection Authority.