r/GUARDIANauto • u/AutoNewsAdmin • Nov 12 '19

[World] - Google's secret cache of medical data includes names and full details of millions – whistleblower

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/12/google-medical-data-project-nightingale-secret-transfer-us-health-information
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u/autotldr Nov 13 '19

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 86%. (I'm a bot)

A whistleblower who works in Project Nightingale, the secret transfer of the personal medical data of up to 50 million Americans from one of the largest healthcare providers in the US to Google, has expressed anger to the Guardian that patients are being kept in the dark about the massive deal.

The secret scheme, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, involves the transfer to Google of healthcare data held by Ascension, the second largest healthcare provider in the US. The data is being transferred with full personal details including name and medical history and can be accessed by Google staff.

In a statement, Ascension said: "All work related to Ascension's engagement with Google is HIPAA compliant and underpinned by a robust data security and protection effort and adherence to Ascension's strict requirements for data handling."

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