UK court tosses class-action style health data misuse claim against Google DeepMind

A London court has dismissed a class-action privacy lawsuit against Google and its AI division, DeepMind, over alleged misuse of NHS patients’ medical records. The decision highlights the challenges facing such claims for privacy breaches in the UK. The complainant claimed that 1.6 million medical records were passed to DeepMind without the patients’ knowledge or consent. The judge dismissed the case as it did not meet the requirements for a representative claim, and ruled that the claim would likely fail.