While Google says it willcontinue to ring-fence the patient data, critics say the potentialfor abuse is significant. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Three years ago, artificial intelligence company DeepMindembarked on a landmark effort to transform health care in the U.K.Now plans by owner Alphabet Inc. to wrap the partnership into itsGoogle search engine business are tripping alarm bells aboutprivacy.

Data protection advocates cried foul when thecompany reversed course on an earlier pledge to keep DeepMindHealth, which taps millions of British medical records to monitorand diagnose disease, separate from Google. This month Alphabetsaid it plans to consolidate the businesses.

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