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Maret Kruus is a legal scholar and attorney currently affiliated with Law Firm WALLESS (0.50 FTE) and the University of Tartu, where she is pursuing her PhD in the School of Law under the supervision of Karin Sein. Her research focuses on the legal frameworks governing the commercial use of health and genetic data, intersecting with medical law, informatics law, and private law.
- Education:
- Master's Degree in Law (cum laude), University of Tartu (2011–2014)
- Bachelor's Degree in Law, University of Tartu (2008–2011)
- Visiting Student, University of Sheffield (2013–2014)
Her career spans both legal practice and academia. She served as a Junior Research Fellow in Private Law at the University of Tartu (2023–2024) and conducted visiting research at the University of Helsinki (2023). She has been an attorney at Law Firm NOVE (2018–2024) and Ellex Raidla (2014–2018).
Her publications analyze critical issues in health data regulation, including GDPR and EHDS compliance, patient autonomy, and state obligations in public health. Key themes include medical law, informatics law, and ethical frameworks for health data utilization.
As a PhD student, her dissertation titled Legal Possibilities and Limitations in Using Health and Genetic Data for Commercial Purposes addresses cross-border legal harmonization challenges, with implications for privacy law and digital health policy.
