Would you give your medical records to a search engine?

Google thinks you will..

(LA Times)

Google Inc. opened a free website that manages patients' medical records online, part of a plan to make users more loyal by adding services.

Patients can upload medical records from other organizations, enter their own data and search for information on health conditions, said Marissa Mayer, a Google vice president.

Not sure how keen I'd be on that. I'm sure they have a privacy policy - but it likely contains language that says it can be changed at any time.

Updated: Having looked at their privacy policy, they have the right assurances in there:

(Google Privacy Center)
Please note that this Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Policy without your explicit consent, and we expect most such changes will be minor. Regardless, we will post any Policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Policy changes).

(Google Health)

You are in control of your information

1. You control who can access your personal health information. By default, you are the only user who can view and edit your information. If you choose to, you can share your information with others.
2. Google will not sell, rent, or share your information (identified or de-identified) without your explicit consent, except in the limited situations described in the Google Privacy Policy, such as when Google believes it is required to do so by law.
3. You can completely delete your information at any time. Such deletions will take immediate effect in your account, and backup copies of deleted information may persist for a short time. Since deleted data will not be restored, you may want to print information before deleting it.

Still - that's a bit of data I'd like to see encrypted up to the ying yang before I post it online.