Question : Sale of Health Data

(a) whether it has come to the notice of the Government that health data such as blood reports, health history, plasma infusion details and other data of COVID-19 patients are being sold by hospitals and diagnostic centres to insurance companies, lenders etc., without their consent;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the corrective steps taken by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India to prevent procurement of such data by insurance and other companies against the consent of individuals?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(a): Insurance business is regulated by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) and the credit system is regulated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). IRDAI and RBI have informed that no such instances have come totheir notice.
(b) and (c): Questions do not arise.
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