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Doctolib will use some health data for an AI project: how to oppose it?

Doctolib will use some health data for an AI project: how to oppose it?
Doctolib will use some health data for an AI project: how to oppose it?

À partir du mois d’août, Doctolib lancera un programme de recherche consacré à l’intelligence artificielle en partenariat avec l’Inria, l’Inserm et l’Université Paris Cité. Ce projet vise à développer des outils capables d’améliorer les parcours de soins et d’aider les professionnels de santé à mieux anticiper certains risques médicaux.

The data in question may include information entered into your medical file on Doctolib, such as your medical history, treatments, prescriptions, or certain information provided by your healthcare provider. The company states that this data will be pseudonymized, meaning that your direct identity will be replaced by an identifier, but it will not be completely anonymous.

Users are not obliged to participate. Doctolib provides an opt-out mechanism allowing users to refuse the use of their data for this research project, without this affecting the use of the platform or access to care.

How can we oppose it?

Simply fill out the official objection form provided by Doctolib.

You can also exercise your other rights (access, rectification, limitation or deletion where possible) by directly contacting Doctolib's dedicated data protection service.

This project is generating mixed reactions. Doctolib emphasizes a scientific research objective aimed at improving patient care, while several associations and digital freedom advocates are calling on users to carefully examine the conditions of the system and, if they wish, to exercise their right to object.

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