Personal medical and social data: their processing and legal protection

Computerized tools are, just like other machines, very useful to man. However the development of data processing requires regulation especially oriented towards the principles of the protection of private life and of the guarantees attached thereto. An analysis of the international legal tools relating to the protection of human rights confirms the constant concern for individual rights and the interests of society. Belgian legislation relating to the computerized processing of medical and social personal data, in some respects, reveals the dangers of a lack of protection of the individual's private life. In conclusion, this article points out that in a modern state one should remain vigilant because any blow to human rights is a perversion leading to the decay of law.