Dynamic consent

Dynamic consent is an interactive approach to informed consent in research that enables users to manage their data in real-time. It is designed to address issues raised by the use of digital technologies in research and clinical care, enabling the linkage, analysis and integration of diverse datasets, as well as the application of AI and big data analyses. Dynamic consent was designed to foster better engagement between researchers and participants, giving participants the option to take part or to opt of studies; to improve understanding of how the participants' data is being used, and to increase legal and regulatory requirements for managing the secondary use of data in biobanks and other medical research infrastructures. The approach started to be implemented in 2007 by an Italian group who introduced live interaction between researcher and participant. The use of digital interfaces in this way was first described as 'Dynamic Consent' in the EnCoRe project (see below).