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Re:Google AI has access to huge haul of NHS patient data by imglorp on Monday May 02, 2016 @12:37PM (#11612960)
It so happens Google has the perfect means at its disposal for de-anonymizing large swaths of such data: trillions of user location records, calendar appointments, emails, and texts. It's not too hard to put all that together to match a specific encounter record, for example.
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Re:Google AI has access to huge haul of NHS patient data by jtmcmc on Monday May 02, 2016 @05:56PM (#11616029)
which would both violate their contract and also be illegal.
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Re:Google AI has access to huge haul of NHS patient data by neerdowell on Monday May 02, 2016 @08:10PM (#11616854)
And Google would never break the law or breach a contract. Especially a contract they signed with the UK Government.

I mean, other than that time just a few years ago[0] where Google broke the law and then breached the contract they signed with the UK Government.

[0] http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19014206

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Re:Google AI has access to huge haul of NHS patient data by retox on Monday May 02, 2016 @07:39PM (#11616705)
I do not trust Google and I am not being given a choice.
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