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Google DeepMind NHS medical trial broke UK privacy law
A UK hospital did not do enough to protect the privacy of patients when it shared data with Google, the UK's Information Commission (ICO) has ruled. The ICO censured the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust about data handed over during trials of a novel way to detect kidney injuries. Among other failings, the ICO said the hospital did not tell patients enough about the way their data was used. The trust said it would tackle "shortcomings" in its data-handling. Details on about 1.6 million patients was provided to Google's DeepMind division during the early stages of the medical trial last year.