Hell, in some countries people have been killed because of their medical history. Also, centralizing this data is very dangerous if this data falls into the wrong hands at a later date.
A prime example would be the registration of religion which happened in the Netherlands prior to world war 2. (for taxation reasons). Which resulted in a large number of victims during the holocaust in part because of this record keeping.
No, I'm advocating that a corporation or data leak does not get to decide when/how someone's HIV status is revealed.
> Would you be against a different entity hosting this data, or just Google?
I would be against most entities hosting this data, but Google has proved to be untrustworthy.
My ideal situation would be for my medical records to be encrypted and only usable with my explicit permission.
What if you were HIV+ or taking Viagra? What if you were just sick and didn’t want to be discriminated against?
There are life and death implications in medical privacy in most countries. Stigma is real, as are insurance risk algorithms.