UK Gov Works with China to Remove Leaked Health Records
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- Category: United Kingdom
- Language: EN
- Published: 2026-04-29 08:16 UTC
- Sources: The Guardian UK
The UK government is working with Chinese officials to remove private health records of Biobank volunteers from the Alibaba website after a data breach. Science minister Patrick Vallance says there have been further listings of confidential health records since the breach last week.
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