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, ...

UK Technology Minister Ian Murray told the House of Commons that information of around 500,000 volunteer participants to the ...

Health data from 500,000 UK Biobank volunteers appeared for sale on Alibaba after three Chinese research institutions violated data-sharing contracts. The ICO is investigating.

Science minister Ian Murray told lawmakers that the charity, UK Biobank, had informed the government on Monday that its data ...

UK Biobank health data was offered online. Access has now been stopped. Further security measures are planned.

The data bank which contains medical data of 500,000 people said no personally identifiable information had been hacked.

The health data of 500,000 UK Biobank volunteers was advertised for sale on the Chinese website Alibaba. View on euronews ...