Doctolib launches AI program using health data of 50 million users

Doctolib AI research health data opt‑out Ligue des droits de l’Homme

Doctolib will start in August 2026 a three‑year AI clinical research programme that will analyse the personal health data of roughly 50 million adult users. The project, presented as a doctoral thesis, is carried out together with the HeKA team – a joint effort of Inria, Inserm and the University of Paris Cité – and involves two Doctolib researchers alongside the academic partners.

The data set includes demographics, medical history, medications, diagnoses, treatment evolution, prescriptions, documents and imaging. Doctolib says the information will be pseudonymised, stored for a maximum of five years and hosted in a secure European environment. Users can opt‑out of the research by submitting a form before September 2026; the company stresses that the data will not be sold commercially and will be used only for public‑interest research.

The Ligue des droits de l’Homme has warned that a leak of such sensitive data could lead to stigmatisation, discrimination and abusive profiling. Doctolib maintains that the programme complies with the GDPR and CNIL guidelines and that technical safeguards such as encryption and strict access controls are in place.

Entities: Doctolib · HeKA team · Inria · Inserm · Ligue des droits de l’Homme · Nicolas Barascud

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[● 9 SOURCES] The project is carried out in partnership with Inria, Inserm and the University of Paris Cité as part of the HeKA team. (Doctolib press releases and multiple articles)
[● 9 SOURCES] The research aims to improve care pathways by using AI to anticipate disease evolution, adjust surveillance, recommend examinations and support rare‑disease cases. (Doctolib statements)
[● 9 SOURCES] The programme will use personal health data from Doctolib’s 50 million users. (Doctolib announcement)
[● 7 SOURCES] Nicolas Barascud is the data‑science lead responsible for the AI unit at Doctolib. (Doctolib spokesperson)
[● 7 SOURCES] The Ligue des droits de l’Homme warned that a leak of the data could lead to stigmatisation, discrimination and abusive profiling. (Ligue des droits de l’Homme press release)
[● 9 SOURCES] Doctolib will launch a three‑year AI research programme in August. (Doctolib announcement)
[● 3 SOURCES] The research will be conducted as a doctoral thesis by a PhD student. (All three articles)
[● 3 SOURCES] The data to be used includes demographics, medical history, medications, diagnoses, treatment evolution, prescriptions, documents and images. (All three articles)
[● 6 SOURCES] Users can opt out of the data use by submitting a form before September 2026. (Doctolib user communication)
[● 6 SOURCES] The data will be pseudonymised and stored for a maximum of five years. (Doctolib data‑handling policy)