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- Lawsuits have been filed on behalf of more than one million people whose confidential medical records have been obtained by Google.
In 2015, Google’s artificial intelligence company DeepMind received personal information from 1.6 million patients with the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. The law firm DeepMind investigating the case said it was set up to address public concerns about technology companies using personal health information.
DeepMind has no comment.
However, the is aware that no lawsuit has yet been filed. Google accused of DeepMind undermining trust in health apps. Google DeepMind NHS app testing violates UK data protection laws. The Royal Free Hospital Trust has also been asked for comment.
When it was revealed in 2015 that DeepMind was using large amounts of data. There was outrage – even though the company insisted that patient data was used to create life-saving apps. The Streams app is a warning, diagnosis, and detection system that can detect. When a patient is at risk for acute kidney damage—currently being discontinued after DeepMind was added to Google Health.
There have been some questions about the legality from data use, and in 2017 the Information Commission. Said hospitals were not adequately protecting patient privacy when sharing data with Google. In a statement in response of the decision, DeepMind apologized. Saying it focused on developing tools for doctors rather than thinking about how patient needs should shape projects.
The lawsuit is currently being handled by law firm Mishcon de Reya and lead plaintiff Andrew Prismal. Said he was “deeply concerned” about using his data. The last thing you expect is that your medical records are in the hands of one from the biggest technology companies in the world,” he said.
Ben Laserson, the partner at Mishcon de Reya, said: “This strong statement is intended to help answer fundamental questions about the handling of sensitive personal data and special categories of data. “This comes at a time of increasing public interest and understandable concern. Who has access to people’s data and medical records and how that access is managed.”
Many so-called appeared in England. A class-action lawsuit in which one plaintiff represents millions.
These cases are considered representative actions because they involve everyone unless they specifically do not wish to participate. Others include those proposed by former British Commissioner for Children Ann Longfield v. TikTok, filed on behalf from millions of children in the UK, how the app collects and uses their data.
All of these cases await a Supreme Court decision which will take the Lloyd v Google case as an expected step forward. If they succeed, the sheer number of plaintiffs in the case means that each can only receive a small payment.