LONDON (Reuters): Google on Friday defeated a lawsuit brought on behalf of 1.6 million people over medical records provided to the U.S. tech giant by a British hospital trust.
The Royal Free London NHS Trust transferred patient data to Google’s artificial intelligence firm DeepMind Technologies in 2015 in relation to the development of a mobile app designed to analyse medical records and detect acute kidney injuries.
Britain’s data protection watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office, said in 2017 that the Royal Free, which is part of the public National Health Service (NHS), misused patient data when it provided the information to DeepMind.
Alphabet Inc unit Google and DeepMind were sued last year by Royal Free patient Andrew Prismall on behalf of 1.6 million people for alleged misuse of private information.
The companies argued in March that the case is “bound to fail” as there was no prospect of establishing that all 1.6 million claimants’ private information was misused, or that they had any expectation of privacy in relation to the information.
Judge Heather Williams ruled on Friday that the case should not proceed, agreeing the case is “bound to fail”.
“I conclude that each member of the claimant class does not have a realistic prospect of establishing a reasonable expectation of privacy in respect of their relevant medical records,” she said in a written ruling.
F.P. Report KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to bring in more buses for the…
F.P. Report PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gundapur has threatened to take over…
Humayun Khan PESHAWAR: Chief Justice Peshawar High Court (PHC) Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim ordered Chief Secretary,…
F.P. Report KARACHI : Pakistan International Airlines flight from Islamabad to Toronto has been diverted…
F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Aamer Farooq of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday…
F.P. Report RAWALPINDI: General Syed Asim Munir, NI (M), Chief of Army Staff (COAS), received…
This website uses cookies.