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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent

More private health records of UK Biobank volunteers appear on Chinese website

A general view of Alibaba's headquarters in Hangzhou, China
It was revealed last week that half a million participants in the UK Biobank project had their health data put up for sale on Alibaba. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

There have been further listings of confidential health records of UK volunteers on the Chinese website Alibaba since the breach reported last week, and the government is braced for further leaks, the science minister has said.

Addressing a House of Lords debate on the attempted sale of data belonging to 500,000 UK Biobank volunteers, Patrick Vallance said the government had worked with Chinese officials to remove additional postings on the online marketplace.

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