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CB FULL Christina Farr 180405 Facebook health partnership on hold on concerns of data privacy
7 Hours Ago | 05:37
Facebook has asked several major U.S. hospitals to share anonymized data about their patients, such as illnesses and prescription info, for a proposed research project. Facebook was intending to match it up with user data it had collected, and help the hospitals figure out which patients might need special care or treatment.
The proposal never went past the planning phases and has been put on pause after the Cambridge Analytica data leak scandal raised public concerns over how Facebook and others collect and use detailed information about Facebook users.
"This work has not progressed past the planning phase, and we have not received, shared, or analyzed anyone's data," a Facebook spokesperson told CNBC.
But as recently as last month, the company was talking to several health organizations, including Stanford Medical School and American College of Cardiology, about signing the data-sharing agreement.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/05/facebook-building-8-explored-data-sharing-agreement-with-hospitals.html?__source=twitter%7Cmain
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Hekate
(90,686 posts)democratisphere
(17,235 posts)24 hours a day. Now it appears fakebook wants to double down on the pharmacutical and healthcare services advertising goldmine. Zuckerberg is only about the money and doesn't give a sh't about the healthcare privacy.
dembotoz
(16,804 posts)Could be useful and valid.
Put away ur tinfoil hats and maybe hear them out?