Palantir's control of UK NHS patient data raises privacy and ethical concerns
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Summary
US data analytics company Palantir Technologies, founded by Peter Thiel with CIA funding, now controls all patient data from UK hospitals through the NHS's new Federated Data Platform. The system covers 67 million people, raising significant ethical concerns about privacy, foreign corporate control of sensitive health data, and lack of public consent.
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The company now manages the National Health Service's new Federated Data Platform, a system covering 67 million
Demonstrators protest against US tech firm control of NHS.
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