In accordance with PDL, Chapter 7 Section 2 the individual's personal data may NOT be processed in a national quality register if the care recipient or patient, i.e. the individual, objects to this. The PDL sets no requirements for consent from the individual, as stated in PUL (1998:204), for processing personal data. Instead, the individual is given opportunity to object to their personal data being processed, which in practice means that silent consent is sufficient for personal data processing in a quality register. However, in many instances it is convenient to obtain consent as the individual as a rule must be informed of the right to object to registration before it takes place, or if this is not possible, as soon as possible after registration, see PDL Chapter 7 Section 3. An individual who objects to being registered must not be registered, and an individual who later objects to registration has a right to have all their data in a register erased. This means that the data must be destroyed in such a way that it cannot be re-created, see PDL, Chapter 8 Section 3 and PUL
Section 28. This is not the same as de-identification of data. The individual has the right to be given information about the registration.
Exemption from the individual's right to object to personal data processing and information on such personal data processing applies to data processed prior to July 1, 2009 (prop. 2007/08:126 page 219)
See also "What regulations apply to information to the care recipient or patient?"