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 three years.
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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, suggested an expert panel.
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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 future UK government to sell off NHS data.
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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 the national data opt-out.
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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 end well for the government of the day. The Federated Data Platform may be similarly doomed, writes Joe McDonald
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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, a spokesman said.
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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 help unlock data.
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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 to endanger privacy.
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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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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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