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08-06-2021, 08:39 PM
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Your NHS medical records are about to be sold/given away

Came across this article earlier:

Your medical records are about to be given away. As GPs, we’re fighting back

It's shocking that the govt would even consider this, knowing how data like this is sold/passed on and used in conjunction with things like A.I/Machine Learning: if someone has access to your private health records, building a psychological profile (amongst many other things) would be trivial.

Here's the opt-out link if anyone is interested:

https://your-data-matters.service.nhs.uk
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08-06-2021, 09:25 PM
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Re: Your NHS medical records are about to be sold/given away

Originally Posted by Azz ->
if someone has access to your private health records, building a psychological profile (amongst many other things) would be trivial.
If I were worried about my psychological profile being figured out, the first thing I would do would be to stop posting on internet forums.
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08-06-2021, 09:34 PM
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Re: Your NHS medical records are about to be sold/given away

Originally Posted by Azz ->
Came across this article earlier:

Your medical records are about to be given away. As GPs, we’re fighting back

It's shocking that the govt would even consider this, knowing how data like this is sold/passed on and used in conjunction with things like A.I/Machine Learning: if someone has access to your private health records, building a psychological profile (amongst many other things) would be trivial.

Here's the opt-out link if anyone is interested:

https://your-data-matters.service.nhs.uk
Thanks Azz, just used the opt out, will watch to see if it worked.
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08-06-2021, 09:37 PM
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Re: Your NHS medical records are about to be sold/given away

Thank Azz, i just used it too.
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09-06-2021, 12:16 AM
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Re: Your NHS medical records are about to be sold/given away

Haven't we already got a thread on this subject?

https://www.over50sforum.com/showthread.php?t=75338
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09-06-2021, 05:09 AM
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Re: Your NHS medical records are about to be sold/given away

They can have all my NHS records, they're 50 years old
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09-06-2021, 07:12 AM
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Re: Your NHS medical records are about to be sold/given away

Originally Posted by Tedc ->
Thanks Azz, just used the opt out, will watch to see if it worked.
As I said in the earlier thread - I opted out a couple of years ago - but - just to see what would happen - I followed AZZ's linky and - guess what - I don't exist!

Am assuming that means opting out does work.
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09-06-2021, 07:55 AM
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Re: Your NHS medical records are about to be sold/given away

I've got nothing to hide. And I can't think of anything that my GP might be holding that is not already public knowledge, on my hospital records and uploaded to https://patientsknowbest.com/
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09-06-2021, 08:01 AM
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Re: Your NHS medical records are about to be sold/given away

Originally Posted by Harbal ->
If I were worried about my psychological profile being figured out, the first thing I would do would be to stop posting on internet forums.

You do know who you are talking to!

I agree. I'm very careful about what I put on social media, not using my real/full name on places like facebook.
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09-06-2021, 10:30 AM
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Re: Your NHS medical records are about to be sold/given away

I think the article is more about GPs potentially losing out on business in the future than about genuine concern about patient confidentiality.
 

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