UK: Health data volunteered by 500,000 people to Biobank charity listed for sale on Alibaba in China

The British government is investigating how health data volunteered to a charity for research purposes wound up for sale via three vendors on the Alibaba e-commerce site in China. One listing had 500,000 people's data.

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UK: Health data volunteered by 500,000 people to Biobank charity listed for sale on Alibaba in China

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