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Palantir Faces Privacy Backlash
Coverage from Digital Health, The Guardian, and others
Articles
8
Latest Article
03/23
Active Days
24
Executive Summary
Palantir's expanding government data systems are drawing privacy and civil liberties concerns over facial recognition, health records, and sensitive UK regulator data
- Palantir's Gotham platform links facial recognition with geospatial data, license records, and link analysis
- FOIA files show Palantir engineers working beside ICE agents during raids
- Lawmakers and advocates want dashboards, audits, and limits on facial recognition use
- NHS critics warn Palantir's Federated Data Platform could widen access to patient data
- Campaigners say Palantir staff are seeking repeated access to patient identifiable information
- The FCA gave Palantir a three month Foundry contract to analyze sensitive intelligence data
- Officials say the FCA data will stay in the UK with encryption keys under FCA control
Quick Facts
- What: Expanding data platforms raise surveillance and privacy concerns
- Where: United States and United Kingdom public sector systems
- Why: Sensitive data sharing could enable misuse, surveillance, or confidentiality breaches
- Who: Palantir, UK and US agencies, and privacy critics
- When: 2023 through 2025 with review due in 2027
Coverage Timeline: 24 Days
Featured Article
Palantir Technologies won a 330 million NHS England contract in 2023 to deliver the Federated Data Platform in the United Kingdom, triggering privacy concerns.
Additional Articles
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NHS England and Palantir signed a 2023 contract to run the federated data platform in the United Kingdom, with a 2027 review amid privacy concerns over government data sharing and surveillance.
NHS England in 2023 awarded Palantir a contract to run the Federated Data Platform in England, raising privacy concerns over cross-department data sharing.
In 2025 United States lawmakers scrutinize Palantir's facial recognition deployments amid privacy and civil liberties concerns over government surveillance.
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority awarded Palantir a three-month Foundry contract to analyze sensitive internal intelligence data for financial crime detection, raising privacy concerns.
UK lawmakers urged stopping an FCA contract with Palantir after reports of third-party access to sensitive financial regulation and financial-crime intelligence data.
Coalition of health and human rights groups in the United Kingdom urges NHS England to cancel Palantir contract over privacy, governance and state surveillance risks in 2025.
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Palantir wins NHS England contract in 2023 to run the Federated Data Platform, sparking privacy concerns and calls for pause.