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by neerdowell 3698 days ago
>oh please. i trust google far more than my own government for data protection; we're talking about an orginisation who leaves sensitive literally just lying around

We're talking about a corporation that had employees access personal data to show off to teenagers[0].

No one can be trusted with data, therefore it needs to be restricted to only those who need access. The NHS probably needs data about patients, Google does not and the unspecified third-party contractor Google has employed to store the data definitely does not.

[0] http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/14/google-engineer-spying-fire...