Conservative government giving NHS data to Amazon for free, documents reveal

US company will be able to access all ‘healthcare information, including without limitation symptoms, causes, and definitions’

#NHS #data on the #health of the #population is being handed over to #Amazon at no charge under a controversial deal between the #USA giant and the #Department of Health and Social Care.

While individual patient data is not being given to the company, a copy of the December 2018 contract between Amazon and the #DHSC reveals the company will be able to profit from its access to a range of NHS information.

Health secretary Matt #Hancock hailed the deal with Amazon in July as a way to help give patients better medical advice using #technology such as #Alexa, which uses Amazon’s #algorithm to answer key question.

Campaigners from #Privacy International obtained a copy of the contract using freedom of information laws. The full contract reveals the deal goes far beyond medical advice for use by Alexa.

It states the company will be able to access all “healthcare information, including without limitation symptoms, causes, and definitions, and all related copyrightable content, data, information and other materials”, the DHSC has.

The contract allows Amazon to use this data in a number of ways – not just providing advice to UK users.

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/amazon-nhs-data-access-uk-government-contract-a9237901.html

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