Data Privacy Blog

Healthcare collecting more than 30% of all the data on the internet has paved a roadmap for AI technologies to create systems to identify patterns, predict outcomes, and develop personalized treatments. However, AI's reputation among the masses and its increased usage in healthcare have also raised concerns about data privacy .     Let's discuss in this article whether AI will protect the sensitive information of the patients or will harm them more. But before we delve deep into how AI can threaten data privacy in the healthcare industry , it would be wise to look back at real-life healthcare cases involving big data and privacy breaches due to AI Technology and Machine Learning.       Anthem Data Breach: In 2015, health insurer Anthem was inflicted with a massive data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 80 million individuals, including their names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and health information. The attack was carried out...

  No wonder most common folks out there do not particularly like Artificial Intelligence.       Though it has just started automating work that needed little but permanent manual labor, it is in its nascent stage to become an existential threat to humanity in the next 25-30 years.       Allow me to elaborate with a real-life example.       In recent years, Instagram, a famous social media platform billions of people use worldwide, has increasingly relied on biometric data.       For those who understand, biometric data refers to unique physical characteristics that can be used to identify an individual, such as fingerprints, facial recognition, and voice recognition.       While this technology can provide a seamless user experience, it concerns data privacy and consent . And Instagram made a rookie mistake that backfired.       2019 Instagram Unethical Trial       One of the ...