More than 44,000 file legal objections to Palantir NHS platform handling
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- Over 44,000 people have filed legal objections under UK GDPR against their health data being used in the Palantir-powered Federated Data Platform (FDP).
- The objections require NHS to stop using the data unless it can provide a compelling reason.
- Hundreds of thousands have signed petitions against the £330m deal, and Andy Burnham must decide on the contract within months.
- Campaigners protest Palantir's involvement with the Israeli military and US immigration enforcement.
- Two House of Commons select committees have called for Labour to use a break clause in the seven-year deal.
- Concerns have been raised, including by NHS England's chief executive, that the platform's public health benefits may be overstated.
- Palantir defends the platform, claiming it has led to more operations, reduced discharge delays, and improved cancer diagnosis reporting.
- The formal objections specifically cite Article 21 of UK GDPR and express lack of trust in data confidentiality.
- Palantir asserts that patient data remains in the UK and is used only according to NHS instructions.
- The objectors also request a halt to data processing while their main objections are assessed.