Palantir's NHS Federated Data Platform enables mass surveillance risks (opendemocracy.net)

• Parliamentary committee recommends ending Palantir NHS contract over surveillance risks.
• Palantir builds detailed patient profiles (Person Ontology) with data from hundreds of databases.
• Palantir UK CEO says company would comply with government orders to use NHS data for immigration enforcement.

"The NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP), run by US defense contractor Palantir, risks enabling unprecedented mass surveillance, experts warn. A cross-party UK parliamentary committee urged the government to disclose Palantir's data access and break the contract. 69% of NHS trusts have adopted the platform despite unclear data practices. Pseudonymised data may be re-identifiable, and Palantir's police contracts raise cross-sector data sharing concerns. Palantir UK CEO indicated willingness to comply with future government directives for immigration enforcement using NHS data."