Google Partners With Health Care Company To Store Patient Data

The transcript discusses Project Nightingale, a collaboration between Google and Ascension to store healthcare data. A whistleblower revealed that the project involves moving patient data to Google Cloud without consent, raising privacy concerns. The data is not de-identified, and Google may use it for data mining and advertising. The whistleblower fears HIPAA violations and unauthorized access by Google employees. Google claims the project is HIPAA compliant and aims to modernize medicine, emphasizing data security.

What potential uses of patient data does the whistleblower suggest could occur?

How does Google respond to concerns about data security in its partnership with Ascension?