DeepMind hit with class-action lawsuit over NHS health data scandal
DeepMind is facing a class-action lawsuit over its controversial use of NHS patients’ health data back in 2015.
Google-owned DeepMind was quietly given the personal records of 1.6 million patients at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
DeepMind said that it was using the data to create a potentially life-saving app called Streams. The app was designed to alert, diagnose, and detect when patients were at risk of developing acute kidney injury. It’s currently...