Privacy fears around patients' health data breach amid Covid surge

For example, a Covid patient's blood reports, health history, plasma infusion details are now available on the dark web. They can be accessed by banks and insurance companies who can then take a call if the patient should be offered a loan, or find out what is his credit history, or if he later goes for an insurance, what should be his premium.

Source: The Economic Times - May 13, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news