Nhs Internet Privacy

EDM number 1077 in 2010-12, proposed by Tom Watson on 23/11/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Health services, Internet and cybercrime and Standards.

That this House notes with serious concern that the pages of the NHS Choices website allows third-party advertising and tracking companies, including Google and Facebook, to track people's internet browsing habits; believes that it is inappropriate for advertising and social networking companies to observe what an individual is viewing on a Government website that deals with sensitive medical information; further notes that the sharing of personal data of its users with companies outside the European Economic Area and with for-profit advertising companies may render the NHS in breach of its data protection obligations to the Information Commissioner's Office; and calls on the Department of Health to review its policy to ensure the privacy of all users of its websites is protected.

This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.