Yes one of the problems with annonamising data is that given enough of it it
can easily be mined to find out with a pretty good accuracy, who any given
person actually is, and you can bet there will be a market for that to sell
you even more crap. I am already being annoyed by disability product spam
even though I do not use a wheelchair, since I'm blind, but it does show
that some dangerous stereotypical assumptions are made by these so called AI
data aggregators.
Brian

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The group might like to be aware of this forthcoming data-mining
exercise, whereby your data will be extracted from your GP record unless
you opt out by the cut-off date. The entire thread, and the links
contained in them, are worth reading.

Once out there, there is no way back.

There has been very little publicity. You won't get a letter in the junk
mail, like last time.

The medconfidential site has a list of some 2000 codes, nearly all of
which refer to STDs and related conditions, but there are very many more
codes.

Note that you might need two opt-outs, one being a letter to your GP
(medconfidential has a pro-forma) and an online one for hospital-related
opt-outs. Links are in the thread.

The discussion on 'anonymising' is worth noting.

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Posted by Jeff Layman in UKLM

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For those who thought the care.data fiasco was no more, beware! There is
an even more extreme move to sequester our medical records for "data"
purposes. More information at:

https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/13/nhs_data_grab/

"According to an official announcement on the NHS Digital website
(https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/data-collections-and-data-sets/data-collections/general-practice-data-for-planning-and-research),

data held in GP medical records will be collected via a new service
called the General Practice Data for Planning and Research data
collection. It will replace the General Practice Extraction Service
(GPES), which has operated for over 10 years."

The "General Practice Data for Planning and Research" (GPDPR) data
collection, eh? No intention to invoke confusion and make it appear that
it's part of GDPR and so all above board?

It's all being done very quietly with the hope that it will take place

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