Government plan to combine smartphone and social media data with medical records

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Health secretary Matt Hancock is planning 'predictive prevention' system based on social media activity

The government is planning to introduce a ‘predictive prevention' system, based on algorithms that will combine people's medical records with their social media and other online activity. The id...

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