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As the tech industry powered by advances in semiconductor fabrication and programming starts to mature, companies are looking at new avenues to market their products. One such area is healthcare, with products such as the Apple Watch looking to improve users' lives and make their manufacturers good profit. This push into wellbeing, however, is accompanied by attempts to access user health data. Now, we've got information on how Google is undertaking a project to gain access to health data of Americans in at least 21 states. Take a look below for more details.

According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, the search engine giant has partnered up with St. Louis based health system Ascension to gain access to user data. Ascension has facilities in 23 states including the District of Columbia. Google's partnership with the company started last year, and the project is referred to as 'Nightingale' internally.