Privacy advocates sound the alarm after Google grabs DeepMind UK health app

Privacy advocates sound the alarm after Google grabs DeepMind UK health app

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https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/14/18094874/google-deepmind-health-app-privacy-concerns-uk-nhs-medical-data

Google has stoked fears in the UK regarding its access to private medical data after the decision was made to transfer part of its London health operation to US hands.

The company’s London-based AI lab DeepMind announced yesterday that its DeepMind Health unit would be absorbed by Google Health. DeepMind Health is responsible for a range of health care projects in the UK, including the Streams app, which is used by a small number of doctors and nurses working in the UK’s National Health Service (NHS).