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Re:Google whistleblower: the medical data of millions of Ame... by cloverich on Thursday November 14, 2019 @08:23PM (#21541432)
So... You are advocating that your hiv status should be hidden from your romantic partner? ;) More seriously, unified health record sharing is inevitable, especially if we are to move to universal healthcare. Would you be against a different entity hosting this data, or just Google?
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Re:Google whistleblower: the medical data of millions of Ame... by smt88 on Friday November 15, 2019 @06:21AM (#21543992)
> You are advocating that your hiv status should be hidden from your romantic partner?

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.

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