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Re:Life expectancy in the U.S. is declining for middle-aged ... by thedaemon on Monday December 02, 2019 @10:39AM (#21683284)
This sounds like a nightmare on privacy. Government collaborating and sharing your data with outside Companies. Am I getting this right, or wrong?
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Re:Life expectancy in the U.S. is declining for middle-aged ... by Angostura on Monday December 02, 2019 @12:25PM (#21684493)
I think you're getting it wrong. The publicity campaigns are just that - publicity campaigns.

In terms of Parkrun, there's no data sharing. GP Practices simply encourage patients to go running and have all the details of their local parkrun to hand https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/a776238/parkrun-uk-teams-up-...

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Re:Life expectancy in the U.S. is declining for middle-aged ... by alexgmcm on Monday December 02, 2019 @11:07AM (#21683663)
They don't share your data, they just encourage you to go for a run.
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Re:Life expectancy in the U.S. is declining for middle-aged ... by ben_w on Monday December 02, 2019 @11:17AM (#21683773)
Occasionally public-private data sharing gets in the news. Where I see it reported, it’s treated as a scandal even when the company in question is Alphabet and they got the data for AI research: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jun/10/nhs-data-goo...

Medical privacy is one of those places where I wonder if a personal desire for privacy might hurt society as a whole — Almost, but not quite, like the tragedy of the commons.

Still, it’s easy for me to say that, none of my embarrassing aspects have medical consequences.

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Re:Life expectancy in the U.S. is declining for middle-aged ... by SolaceQuantum on Monday December 02, 2019 @11:08AM (#21683671)
"This sounds like a nightmare on privacy. Government collaborating and sharing your data with outside Companies"

Unlike Private companies sharing our data with other private companies?

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