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Royal Society calls for adoption of Privacy Enhancing Technologies

Public sector institutions, like the NHS, are being encouraged to adopt Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) by the Royal Society to
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Privacy risks of contact-tracing app exist ‘in theory’, cyber expert says

Dr Ian Levy acknowledged there’s a reidentification risk with tracing technologies but said the NHS app doesn’t collect enough data
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Patient data sent to global drug companies ‘may not be anonymous’

Patients whose medical information is of particular interest to international companies have already been identified, senior NHS officials claimed.
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One London to begin ‘deliberative’ dialogue on data use, privacy and consent

The LHCRE partnership will consult Londoners to understand their expectations around data use in an effort to win public trust.
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Amazon Alexa now compliant with US healthcare data privacy rules

As part of the news, Amazon also announced number of partnerships which include enabling patients to reorder prescriptions and get
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Home Office discussing potentially unlawful access to patient info by police

According to some local medical committees in England, police are using subject access requests to acquire the medical histories of
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Facebook approached US medical academies about sharing patient data

Facebook had approached medical institutions in the United States about a proposed data-sharing agreement that would see patient records linked
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PHE under fire for supplying cancer patient data to tobacco-linked firm

Public Health England (PHE) has come under fire after handing over data concerning nearly 180,000 lung NHS cancer patients to
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