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Google accesses patient data via deal with US hospital system

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Google has potentially gained access to data of millions of patients in the United States, thanks to an agreement with Ascension, the country's second-largest hospital system. The tech giant will store and analyse the data, with a view to improving efficiency for patients, but some hospital staff have raised concerns over the arrangement. Also today, why more than a thousand borrowers are suing their French bank over mortgages issued in Swiss francs.

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