Re:Google whistleblower: the medical data of millions of Ame...
by kazen44 on Thursday November 14, 2019 @04:34PM
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> There are life and death implications in medical privacy in most countries. Stigma is real, as are insurance risk algorithms.
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.
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.