I'm in the UK so that somewhat limits relevance but there are efforts to make available my data to companies, I opted out of data sharing from my GP. Link is h

I'm in the UK so that somewhat limits relevance but there are efforts to make available my data to companies, I opted out of data sharing from my GP. Link is here if you want https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/about-the-nhs/sharing-your-health-records/ https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/about-the-nhs/sharing-your-... A few points: I'm not against data mining at all, just handing it out to agencies without my say so. I'd be happy for it to be used for this purpose entirely within the NHS but that's not what was assured. I don't like the approach that you have to opt out, not opt in. I others may have different tradeoffs, that's fine. This is my view and urge people not to follow what I've done but to decide for themselves. It's your data, if you're in the UK, you can make a choice (not making a choice IS making a choice: for it to be shared). Edit: and please don't respond with "just you wait..." or "it's going to happen anyway" defeatist juvenile posts.