Quote<div class="ipsQuote_contents ipsClearfix" data-gramm="false"> <p> Google has gained access to a huge trove of US patient data - without the need to notify those patients - thanks to a deal with a major health firm. </p> <p> The scheme, dubbed Project Nightingale, was agreed with Ascension, which runs 2,600 hospitals. </p> <p> Google can access health records, names and addresses without telling patients, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the news. </p> </div>