More than 44,000 file legal objections to Palantir NHS platform handling their data
More than 44,000 people have formally objected to NHS England sharing, storing or using their health data through the nationwide Federated Data Platform. The platform operates using artificial intelligence technology from US company Palantir. The campaign comes amid criticism of Palantir’s involvement with the Israeli military and US immigration enforcement agency ICE.
More than 44,000 people have formally demanded that NHS England block the Palantir-powered national medical data platform from handling their personal information, according to the Guardian.
The objections concern the nationwide Federated Data Platform, or FDP, which is operated using artificial intelligence technology from the US company. The filings seek to prevent people’s health data from being shared with, stored in or used by the platform.
The campaign comes amid a wider backlash against Palantir’s involvement with the Israeli military and the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, known as ICE. The source describes the objections as legal demands directed at NHS England.
The available information does not state when NHS England will respond, whether it will change the platform’s operation, or how the objections will affect the handling of health data.
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What alternatives would be available if the platform were prevented from handling the objectors’ data?
Which parties benefit from the platform’s continued operation and how are those interests weighed against objections?
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