[antxxxx]

There are strict guidelines about what data can be shared for research purposes and researchers only get access to the data they need - not your full medical history. Access is audited and you can request information on where and for what purposes your data is shared. You can also easily opt out of your data being shared for research purposes.

[motohagiography]

Depends on what jurisdiction, and if you are familiar with privacy law in different regions, the exceptions to that are often sweeping, with the additional issue in some systems that regulations can be made by lower level authorities without the same level of public scrutiny or debate.

It's the wild west for data, and privacy people have done what they could over the last 20 years, but the tech has accelerated so much in the last 10 that those prior assurances aren't what we think they are.

[antxxxx]

All health and social care organizations in England must comply with this by September 2021 (delayed from original date due to the pandemic). This was based on a recommendation from the previous National Data Guardian.

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have different policies.

[m463]

> opt out

and there is the crux of the matter.