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Google health website raises privacy fears

28 May 2008

PAGING Dr Google! The search giant has entered the medical arena with , a website which helps users find doctors and medical information. What’s more, if any of your healthcare providers have signed up to the service, Google Health allows you to import your medical records from them and share the data with other doctors.

But Bob Gellman, a privacy consultant in Washington DC, warns that if you use Gmail and Google’s search engine, and now entrust Google with your medical data, the company may have “more information about you than any other source”. Google Health, which is so…

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