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21 November 2023

Palantir’s road to the Federated Data Platform contract: a timeline

NHSE’s procurement for the Federated Data Platform and award of a £330m contract is story that has stretched over more than
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1 November 2023

AI and data: Consent to use of data ‘a sticking plaster for broken systems’

Issues around consent in AI and data cannot be addressed through legal processes or focusing on patients’ rights and autonomy,
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30 October 2023

Palantir CEO acknowledges FDP could aid NHS data being sold in future 

In an interview Sunday, Alex Karp, co-founder and CEO of Palantir, said the (FDP) could make it easier for a
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5 October 2023

Privacy groups focus on national data opt-out as FDP tender concludes

As NHSE prepares to award a £480m contract to deliver the FDP, legal groups and data privacy activists are focused on
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19 September 2023

Is the Federated Data Platform too expensive to cancel?

Sticking with a hugely expensive plan to develop a ‘mythical beast’ of a fighter plane in the 1960s did not
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31 May 2023

NHS could take action against trusts for Facebook breach – spokesman

NHS England is investigating the transfer of private patient information from 20 trusts to Facebook and could take further action,
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3 February 2023

Royal Society calls for adoption of Privacy Enhancing Technologies

Public sector institutions, like the NHS, are being encouraged to adopt Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) by the Royal Society to
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6 May 2020

Privacy risks of contact-tracing app exist ‘in theory’, cyber expert says

Dr Ian Levy acknowledged there’s a reidentification risk with tracing technologies but said the NHS app doesn’t collect enough data
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11 February 2020

Patient data sent to global drug companies ‘may not be anonymous’

Patients whose medical information is of particular interest to international companies have already been identified, senior NHS officials claimed.
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5 August 2019

One London to begin ‘deliberative’ dialogue on data use, privacy and consent

The LHCRE partnership will consult Londoners to understand their expectations around data use in an effort to win public trust.
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