Dossier
Chinese website
Coverage of Chinese website in the Nexus archive.
- What is the UK Biobank project and what are the privacy concerns around it?
The UK Biobank project has facilitated medical breakthroughs using data from half a million volunteers, but recent revelations about the sale of their confidential health records on a Chinese website have sparked privacy concerns.
- Medical data of 500,000 Britons put up for sale on Chinese website
The medical data of 500,000 Britons, including genetic sequences, blood samples, medical scans, and lifestyle information, is being sold on a Chinese website. The data is held by the UK Biobank charity, which focuses on health research.