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UK Biobank Health Data Leaks Raise Privacy Concerns

Published: 14 March 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Confidential health data from the UK Biobank, one of the country’s largest medical research projects, has been exposed online on multiple occasions, according to a Guardian investigation. The Biobank, which holds medical records of 500,000 volunteers, has been instrumental in research on cancer, dementia, and diabetes. Researchers with access to the data sometimes inadvertently posted it online, including...

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