Patient records to be made available to the private sector and other researchers

[TrenterPercenter]

It looks like they had everything, including hospital admission data.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2086454-revealed-google-ai-has-access-to-huge-haul-of-nhs-patient-data/

Patients weren't even told it was happening.

The article still doesn't explicitly say identifiable personal data; the attached document which is the data sharing agreement looks fine enough; it as also been approved by two ethics boards.

I think this is a much more important point that the article makes;

For Anderson, the more important question is whether Google – already one of the world's most powerful companies – should have so much control over health analytics. "If Google gets a monopoly on providing some kind of service to the NHS it will burn the NHS," says Anderson.

[Zetetic]

It possibly deserves another thread, but the Spectrum 10K stuff provides an interesting way into to discussing some of the risks that aren't about identifiable personal data.

[Pinball]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jfr2ttnTcU