Neil Lawrence writes: Data-sharing has become a new front line in battles over privacy in healthcare, raising crucial questions about the ways in which information about patients is shared within and between the public and private sectors. Given that this is not “patient data” but “patients’ data”, handling large personal private datasets is a highly…
Category: Healthcare
Canadian legion admits accessing government files on veterans without their consent
David Pugliese reports: Some employees of the Royal Canadian Legion accessed the confidential files of Canadian veterans held by the federal government without the veterans’ consent. The Privacy Commissioner is investigating one complaint about unauthorized access, but the legion has acknowledged additional incidents. Such files contain the medical and, in some cases, financial details of…
Google AI gains access to 1.2m confidential NHS patient records
Kieran McCarthy reports: Google has been given access to huge swatches of confidential patient information in the UK, raising fears yet again over how NHS managers view and handle data under their control. In an agreement uncovered by the New Scientist, Google and its DeepMind artificial intelligence wing have been granted access to current and historic patient data at three London…
Payment uncertain for 2,000 women in class-action lawsuit over former Hopkins gynecologist
There’s an update to a very disturbing breach that I covered on PHIprivacy.net (now DataBreaches.net). Tim Prudente reports: Attorneys who have spent months poring over medical records said they found no record of about 2,000 women who said they were victimized by a Johns Hopkins gynecologist accused of secretly recording women during pelvic exams. Dr. Nikita…