Controversial data analytics firm Palantir to run the UK's health data platform
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US data analytics firm Palantir, known for its numerous contracts with intelligence agencies, military forces, or law enforcement and immigration authorities, has been awarded a £330m contract to run a new mass database for the UK's health service (NHS). The deal comes four years after Palantir was awarded a £1 contract during the Covid-19 pandemic to build an analytics platform for the NHS. People and organisations across the political spectrum have voiced significant privacy and data protection concerns, as well as questions about the ethics of a public service being run by a company known for its involvement in human rights abuses.
Publication: The Guardian
Writer: Denis Campbell
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