You can check if your 'Type-2' opt-out has been enacted by going to https://www.nhs.uk/your-nhs-data-matters/manage-your-choice/ … and following the process. It should show the current status of your 'Type-2' - now converted to the 'new' #NationalDataOptOut that *by 2020* should be respected by all.https://twitter.com/C7RKY/status/1022035126866325505 …
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Those who opted out since 2014 should by now have been sent a letter telling them their
#Type2's been converted to#NDOP; the 150,000 whose Type2 codes *weren't* uploaded are beginning to receive different letters - including lists of orgs to which their data has been sold.2 replies 4 retweets 2 likesShow this thread -
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Head/desk. Thanks Phil - I didn't know about the 150k group. Knowing my luck, I'll be in there. May have a thing or two to say on the subject if so...
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Yeah - many will have missed this latest breach: https://medconfidential.org/2018/150000-patients-opt-outs-not-honoured-their-confidential-information-sold-for-3-years/ … so those letters are coming as something of a shock to some. We're getting quite a bit of incoming on this, as you might imagine...
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I bet you are. I'm sure if more people appreciated the significance of what is happening to our intimate medical data, those responsible for peddling it to all and sundry would've found themselves thrown out on the street by now. Ignorance is our worst enemy here.
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