Tech Firm Palantir Rejects Concerns Over Role in NHS Data Platform Plans

The U.S. tech giant say data security can be ‘a matter of life and death’ following privacy concerns about patient data being controlled by private companies.

The logo of U.S. software company Palantir Technologies in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2020. Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

U.S. tech giant Palantir has rejected concerns after the firm was awarded a contract worth hundreds of millions of pounds for a new NHS data platform.

The NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) will aim to make it easier for health and care organisations to work together and provide better services to patients.