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NHS Palantir data deal puts patient trust at risk, warn MP and privacy groups

Patients won’t be able to opt out of sharing health records – despite MP warning that anonymising data is ‘impossible’

By Adam Bychawski
NHS Palantir data deal puts patient trust at risk, warn MP and privacy groups
NHS England has announced Palantir has won a £480m contract to run its new data platform | Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images
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NHS patients in England cannot trust that their data will be anonymised before it is handed over to a US spy-tech firm, a Tory MP has warned.

The health service today announced that controversial tech company Palantir will provide software to run its new data platform, despite concerns over the firm’s suitability for handling sensitive health records.

But data protection experts have told openDemocracy that the move could “seriously erode” public trust in the NHS.

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