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Professor Sir Rory Collins, principal investigator and chief executive at UK Biobank
23 April 2026

Health data from UK Biobank listed for sale on Chinese website

De-identified UK Biobank medical data of 500,000 participants was breached and listed for sale on a Chinese website.
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Professor Sir Rory Collins, principal investigator and chief executive at UK Biobank
17 March 2026

De-identified UK Biobank health data accidentally published online

UK Biobank has confirmed that volunteers' de-identified health data has sometimes been unintentionally published online by researchers.
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Professor Sir Rory Collins, principal investigator and chief executive at UK Biobank
17 February 2026

UK Biobank to get access to GP patient data for research

The government will grant approval for UK Biobank researchers to access coded GP patient data for research purposes.
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