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US government is pushing to gain unprecedented access to your medical records – as data protections are weakening

By Jennifer D. Oliva, Professor of Law, Indiana University

Large datasets can be useful research tools, but current government efforts to gather medical records depend on policy and technology that falls short of protecting people’s privacy.

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