health data

US government contractor says MOVEit hackers accessed health data of ‘at least’ 8 million individuals

U.S. government services contracting giant Maximus has confirmed that hackers exploiting a vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer accessed the protected health information of as many as 11 million individua

Google introduces Open Health Stack for developers

Google announced a new open source program called Open Health Stack for developers to build health-related apps. These tools, unveiled at the company’s “The Check Up” special event t

Flo gets FTC slap for sharing user data when it promised privacy

The FTC has reached a settlement with Flo, a period and fertility tracking app with 100 million+ users, over allegations it shared users’ health data with third-party app analytics and marketing

No Google-Fitbit merger without human rights remedies, says Amnesty to EU

Human rights NGO, Amnesty International, has written to the EU’s competition regulator calling for Google’s acquisition of wearable maker Fitbit to be blocked — unless meaningful saf

EU’s antitrust probe of Google-Fitbit gets more time

European antitrust regulators now have until almost the end of the year to take a decision on whether to green light Google’s planned acquisition of Fitbit. The tech giant announced its intentio

What are the rules wrapping privacy during COVID-19?

In a public health emergency that relies on people keeping an anti-social distance from each other to avoid spreading a highly contagious virus for which humans have no pre-existing immunity governmen

Google gobbling DeepMind’s health app might be the trust shock we need

DeepMind’s health app being gobbled by parent Google is both unsurprising and deeply shocking. First thoughts should not be allowed to gloss over what is really a gut punch. It’s unsurpri

DeepMind hands off role as health app provider to parent Google

DeepMind’s recent foray into providing software as a service to U.K. hospitals has reached the end of its run. The Google-owned AI division has just announced it will be stepping back from provi

Concerns raised over new ethics regime for UK public sector data processing

Health data privacy advocacy group MedConfidential believes ministers are trying to sneak in a data protection law carveout, in order to hand politicians the power to judge the ethics of -- for exampl

The menopause is on our roadmap, says Clue’s Ida Tin

Femtech startup Clue is looking at expanding the feature-set of its period tracking app to attract women outside its current younger demographic.

Documents detail DeepMind’s plan to apply AI to NHS data in 2015

More details have emerged about a controversial 2015 patient data-sharing arrangement between Google DeepMind and a UK National Health Service Trust which paint a contrasting picture vs the pair's pub

Building health AIs should be UK ambition, says strategy review

A wide-ranging, UK government-commissioned industrial strategy review of the life sciences sector, conducted by Oxford University's Sir John Bell, has underlined the value locked up in publicly-funded

Form an orderly queue! Google wants your blood (and other bodily fluids). Oh and your medical records

Alphabet's (Google's) life sciences division Verily has launched its public pitch for a massive, multi-year health study it's leading, along with Duke University School of Medicine, Stanford Medicine

UK watchdog “close” to verdict in DeepMind Health data consent probe

The UK's data protection watchdog has said it's "close" to concluding a 10-month+ investigation into consent complaints pertaining to a patient data-sharing agreement inked between Google-owned DeepMi

DeepMind says no quick fix for verifying health data access

Why should you trust an advertising giant with the most sensitive personal data you possess: aka your medical records? That's the hugely sticky issue Google-owned DeepMind is facing as it seeks to emb

DeepMind wants its healthcare AI to charge by results — but first it needs your data

Mark your Google calendars because from today 'Don't be evil' rides again, via the DeepMind AI division of the Alphabet ad giant, as a hippocratic assurance to 'Do no harm'...

DeepMind NHS health data-sharing deal faces further scrutiny

A controversial data-sharing agreement between Google-owned AI company DeepMind and the UK's National Health Service (NHS) has caught the eye of the National Data Guardian -- the government appointee

The Mobile Health Paradox: Why Data Isn’t Nearly Enough

Across most developed economies, healthcare costs are rising faster than inflation. A key cause of the rise in healthcare spending lies in the spiraling costs of treating preventable chronic diseases.

Additive Analytics Launches New Tools To Help Patients Compare Surgery Costs

TechCrunch first met Additive Analytics when the health data startup launched Maternity Compare, a site that helps parents find trustworthy obstericians. Now Additive Analytics' founder Laura Hamilton

Health Data Startup SolveBio Raises $2M From A16Z, Max Levchin, SV Angel, And Other Investors

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.solvebio.com">SolveBio</a> wants to make DNA reference data easy to access. The health startup announced today that it has raised $2 million from Andreessen Horow
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