CIA-linked surveillance and data analysis firm Palantir has a contract with NHSX, the newly-created technological innovation wing at the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care, which is responsible for processing “anonymised” patient data. But the exact details of the contract remain unknown and the possibility of the information being de-anonymised some time in the future potentially exists, privacy campaigners say. Phil Booth, a coordinator of medConfidential campaigning for patient confidentiality and consent in Britain, says that the relationship between Palantir and the NHS is part of a wider practice which pre-dates the emergency measures taken to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Booth argues that failing to ensure patient consent is at the heart of how data is used (and by whom) could be “catastrophic” for public trust in health services at a time when it is needed the most. Sputnik: Your organisation co-authored a set of questions for Palantir Technologies Ltd regarding its relationship with the NHS and Department of Health and Social Care. What are the most important things everyday people should understand about your concerns? Phil Booth: medConfidential co-signed the open letter, which had been authored by Privacy International. The most important thing medConfidential believes concerns everyday people,… Read full this story
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