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Google has used contract swaps to get bulk access terms to NHS patient data

Google has used contract swaps to get bulk access terms to NHS patient data

6 years ago
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https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/22/google-has-used-contract-swaps-to-get-bulk-access-terms-to-nhs-patient-data/

New Scientist has obtained a legal agreement between Google’s health division and the UK National Health Service (NHS) that includes provision to pass five years’ worth of patient data in bulk as part of a contract novation process.

If you’re feeling a sense of deja vu that’s quite right: Back in 2016 it emerged — also via New Scientist Freedom of Information request — that Alphabet-owned DeepMind, acquired by Google in 2014, had received a bulk patient data injection from a London NHS Trust.