UK set to sell sensitive NHS records to commercial companies with no meaningful privacy protections

Its actually much worse than even Cory describes.

Here’s the PDF of the information for sale, directly from the site of the government body in question:

http://www.hscic.gov.uk/media/12443/data-linkage-service-charges-2013-2014-updated/pdf/dles_service_charges__2013_14_V10_050913.pdf

Note the “Standard extract - containing personal confidential data”, “Bespoke extract - containing personal confidential data” and “Patient tracking” sections.

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