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Palantir’s access to identifiable NHS England patient data is ‘dangerous’, MPs say

Decision made to grant US tech firm ‘unlimited access’ to data in project to build integrated platform, according to reportsUK politics live – latest updatesMPs have warned that an NHS decision to grant Palantir access to identifiable patient information in its plan to use AI to improve the health s...

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by Robert Booth UK technology editor
Palantir’s access to identifiable NHS England patient data is ‘dangerous’, MPs say

Decision made to grant US tech firm ‘unlimited access’ to data in project to build integrated platform, according to reports

MPs have warned that an NHS decision to grant Palantir access to identifiable patient information in its plan to use AI to improve the health service is “dangerous” and will fuel public fears that data privacy is not being prioritised.

NHS England has allowed staff from the US tech firm and other contractors access to patient data before it has been pseudonymised, despite internal fears of a “risk of loss of public confidence”, the Financial Times reported.

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