GDPR and HIPAA

Privacy is not a layer we add on top. It is the architecture itself, enforced at every step, from the moment data is ingested to the moment a research output leaves the system.

Only what is strictly necessary ever leaves its source. Raw patient data never moves.

Every research session in the Virtual Research Room is bound to a single, declared purpose. Every access is logged, attributed, and auditable.

Our dual-key encrypted activity log gives data governance teams, institutions, and patient organisations full visibility over every research action taken on clinical data.

Privacy by design is not a feature we added. It is the principle the entire stack was built around. Data sovereignty is not enforced at the application layer. It is enforced at every layer beneath it.

Our governance framework helps institutions meet their obligations under Articles 12 to 22 of the GDPR, including access, rectification, erasure, and portability rights, without building bespoke compliance infrastructure from scratch.

FlexGrid dynamically adapts to data residency and governance requirements of all 27 EU member states. No parallel architectures. No country-by-country rebuilds. One infrastructure that knows where it is and behaves accordingly.

For deployments involving US healthcare institutions, health plans, or business associates, Protected Health Information never leaves the covered entity's infrastructure. Only de-identified model outputs or aggregated statistical results are transmitted. No raw PHI is processed outside the institution's controlled environment.

Data outputs are processed in alignment with the HIPAA Safe Harbor de-identification standard under 45 CFR §164.514(b) — all 18 categories of identifiers removed before any cross-institutional use. Not as an option. As a default.

Bavel Health enters into a BAA with any US-based covered entity or business associate that deploys the platform, formalising our obligations under the HIPAA Security Rule.

The VRR activity log provides the machine-readable audit trail required under the HIPAA Security Rule — every access event recorded with attribution, timestamp, and purpose, in a tamper-evident format. When an unauthorised access event occurs, you will know exactly what happened, when, and to what.

One infrastructure. Both regimes.

Bavel Health does not build separate compliance systems for GDPR and HIPAA. FlexGrid and Virtual Research Room enforce sovereignty, access control, audit logging, and de-identification at the infrastructure level, adapting dynamically to each jurisdiction without asking institutions to maintain parallel stacks.

For institutions operating across both European and US regulatory environments, Bavel Health provides a single, unified compliance framework that satisfies both regimes simultaneously. Full compliance, by design, from the start.

For questions about GDPR, HIPAA, or our broader data governance framework, contact privacy@bavel.health.

Bavel Health is a sovereign clinical data infrastructure company operating across Europe, Latin America, Africa, and the United States.