Episode 57 - "Do No Harm"

By now we are used to the idea that every action we take in the world is tracked, but what happens when that all-pervasive panopticon is turned inside each and every one of us? An explosion of personal medical technology, health programs, and terrible data practices have meant that the very records of who we are are being packaged, sold, and stolen. Our health records have become assets used to sell us out - and the dangers are only growing.

Can we regain our most intimate form of privacy? Or are we doomed to a future where the details of our body and mind are open to the highest bidder?

Chapters

• 05:50 DNA and Me


• 11:56 Corporate Wellness Programs


• 19:31 Why might your employer want your health information?


• 27:09 Anonymous data isn't?


• 34:42 Mental Health Surveillance


• 41:01 Building a nefarious infrastructure


• 48:47 In who's hands are the keys to women's health data?


• 57:53 Pirvacy concerns in Australia


• 1:00:27 Benefits from central health databases?


• 1:04:46 What can we do?

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