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NHS Care.data PR Fiasco Continues as Google Pulls Out of Secret Deal


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First the NHS was forced to delay its care.data project (storage of all patient GP health data in a central data warehouse) for six months; then it was learned that PA Consulting had obtained 27 DVDs of hospital event statistics (HES) and uploaded them to Google cloud (followed by a complaint being raised with the ICO); and now Google has pulled out of search discussions with the NHS because it is 'too toxic'.

NHS Care.data PR Fiasco Continues as Google Pulls Out of Secret Deal
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nhs-caredata-pr-fiasco-continues/
First the NHS was forced to delay its care.data project (storage of all patient GP health data in a central data warehouse) for six months; then it was learned that PA Consulting had obtained 27 DVDs of hospital event statistics (HES) and uploaded them to Google cloud (followed by a complaint being raised with the ICO); and now Google has pulled out of search discussions with the NHS because it is 'too toxic'.
Thu, 27 Mar 2014 09:19:00 GMT
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nhs-caredata-pr-fiasco-continues/

Source: InfosecMagazine
Source Link: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nhs-caredata-pr-fiasco-continues/


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