Adopting Implementation Acts to Set the Guidelines for Applying This Regulation
The German Association of Psychologists (BDP) has expressed its support for the government's plans to implement measures to protect sensitive data in electronic health records (eHR). The association, which represents the professional interests of psychologists in all fields of activity, has repeatedly drawn attention to the data protection problem, particularly with regard to sensitive data from psychotherapeutic and psychiatric treatments.
In a press release dated August 12, 2025, the BDP welcomed the government's plans, calling the draft law a good and sensible solution for the current precarious situation in the area of storage, transfer, and use of eHR data, particularly highly sensitive data. The draft law in question is the Act on Expanding Powers and Digitization in Nursing Care from 06.08.2025.
The new regulations allow for exceptions to the storage obligation for highly sensitive data in eHR if there are significant therapeutic reasons or other significant rights of third parties that stand in the way. Treating physicians could also refrain from storing treatment data in the eHR in the event of visible risks.
The draft law establishes a further exception to protect patients under the age of 15, allowing for the withholding of certain information if there are serious indications of a risk and possible access to the information by guardians or other authorized persons would jeopardize the effective protection of minors.
The BDP Vice President, Susanne Berwanger, explained that the planned legal amendments would be a step in the right direction for addressing the current challenges in the area of eHR data protection.
The BDP was founded over 75 years ago on June 5, 1946, in Hamburg. Today, the association has around 11,000 members. For more information, visit the BDP's website and follow them on social channels. The BDP can be contacted via Bettina Genée, Press and Public Relations Officer, at +49176 58868222 or [email protected].
The location of the announcement is Berlin, 12.08.2025. The document referenced, "20250812 BDP PM Cabinet storage.pdfPDF - 130 kB", is likely a press release or statement from the BDP regarding the government's plans to protect sensitive data in electronic health records.
From the age of 15, young people can exercise their rights regarding the eHR themselves. The BDP fully supports the cabinet draft concerning the protection of sensitive data in eHR and calls for its timely implementation.
The German Association of Psychologists (BDP) supports the proposed Act on Expanding Powers and Digitization in Nursing Care from 06.08.2025, acknowledging it as a sensible solution for safeguarding electronic health records (eHR) data, particularly sensitive data related to mental health therapies and treatments. The BDP Vice President, Susanne Berwanger, expressed that this legal amendment is a step in the right direction towards addressing the current challenges in eHR data protection. Furthermore, the BDP fully endorses the timely implementation of the cabinet draft concerning the protection of sensitive data in eHR, which includes provisions for young people aged 15 and above to exercise their rights regarding their health records in the realm of health-and-wellness and science.
