What Will Protect Health Data in the Age of AI?
Dec 15, 2025
This week, we examine the shifting landscape of health data, from major breaches and regulatory overhauls to the privacy technologies that promise safer, more accountable AI in medicine.
One Warning
This roundup of major healthcare breaches shows how outdated systems and weak third-party controls still expose millions of patients and why resilience now depends on stronger privacy and security foundations.
One Regulation
The European Health Data Space establishes common standards for electronic health records across the EU and defines how health data can be accessed, exchanged, and reused under clear privacy and security requirements.
One Infographic
Source: Vascern
One Review
This Mozilla review highlights how many period and pregnancy apps gather extensive data before meaningful consent, bury privacy terms, and share information widely, undermining user control.
One Research Paper
This paper shows how PETs like differential privacy, federated learning, and secure enclaves are becoming essential infrastructure for modern biomedical research, enabling collaboration without exposing sensitive health data.
One Initiative
UCD’s AINM project has received €9.1M to build hospital-ready AI decision-support tools. Its core aim is to create secure, privacy-preserving systems that let clinical teams develop and test models without compromising patient data. Oblivious is excited to be part of it.
One Cartoon
Source: Cartoonstock