UK: Health data volunteered by 500,000 people to Biobank charity listed for sale on Alibaba in China
23 Apr 2026, 15:33 GMT
Topic: News
Source URL: https://www.dw.com/en/uk-health-data-volunteered-by-500-000-people-to-biobank-charity-listed-for-sale-on-alibaba-in-china/a-76912632?maca=en-rss-en-top-1022-rdf
The British government is investigating how health data volunteered to a charity for research purposes wound up for sale via three vendors on the Alibaba e-commerce site in China. One listing had 500,000 people's data.