Britain gave Palantir access to sensitive COVID-19 patient records in £1 deal
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Re: Britain gave Palantir access to sensitive COVID-19 patient records in £1 deal
#2Headline could use some help, dang, it's really not representative of the full story:
"The contract, known as a data-sharing agreement, was published Friday by politics website OpenDemocracy and law firm Foxglove alongside similar contracts with Google, Microsoft, and U.K. AI start-up Faculty."
"The contracts show Palantir charged only £1 ($1.27) for use of its Foundry data management software while Google offered “technical, advisory and other support” for free."
This is about a lot more than just Palantir. And the NHS has been in hot water for handing out sensitive patient data to tech firms before. :/
Re: Britain gave Palantir access to sensitive COVID-19 patient records in £1 deal
#3Headline could use some help, dang, it's really not representative of the full story: "The contract, known as a data-sharing agreement, was published Friday by politics website OpenDemocracy and law firm Foxglove alongside similar contracts with Google, Microsoft, and U.K. AI start-up Faculty." "The contracts show Palantir charged only £1 ($1.27) for use of its Foundry data management software while Google offered “t…
They teach you in Project Management in UK universities that one of the biggest IT failures was this project by NHS. Nobody tells you that they've replaced these failures with a £1 data-dumping contract to a dodgy company.
Re: Britain gave Palantir access to sensitive COVID-19 patient records in £1 deal
#4Has anyone tried to do a GDPR request yet to either see what data they actually hold, or to test the right to erasure?
Re: Britain gave Palantir access to sensitive COVID-19 patient records in £1 deal
#5Has anyone tried to do a GDPR request yet to either see what data they actually hold, or to test the right to erasure?
Actually good question, I would like to know how these requests are handled post Brexit. Do A.13 GDPR requests still have to be honoured by the UK up to the Brexit date forever?
Re: Britain gave Palantir access to sensitive COVID-19 patient records in £1 deal
#6In English Law (and in many other jurisdictions) it's only a legal contract if "consideration" is given by both parties; i.e. Palantir here must charge something in return for it to be an enforceable contract.
Re: Britain gave Palantir access to sensitive COVID-19 patient records in £1 deal
#7Has anyone tried to do a GDPR request yet to either see what data they actually hold, or to test the right to erasure?
Actually good question, I would like to know how these requests are handled post Brexit. Do A.13 GDPR requests still have to be honoured by the UK up to the Brexit date forever?
GDPR is still in force until the end of the transition period (I think Dec 31). What will change after then, who knows? I don't think I've seen anything coherent on any front from the government at this point.
Re: Britain gave Palantir access to sensitive COVID-19 patient records in £1 deal
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Actually good question, I would like to know how these requests are handled post Brexit. Do A.13 GDPR requests still have to be honoured by the UK up to the Brexit date forever?
GDPR is still in force until the end of the transition period (I think Dec 31). What will change after then, who knows? I don't think I've seen anything coherent on any front from the government at this point.
It will require parliament to actually enact a law to cancel GDPR in order for it to change.
Re: Britain gave Palantir access to sensitive COVID-19 patient records in £1 deal
#9Funny how no one wants to talk about the reason that the NHS is doing these deals.
Of all the competent devs / data analyst in the UK, how many do you think actually want to work at the NHS?
So lots of demand / need (healthcare is a mess in part because of data management via paper) and no supply / interest of talent.
Re: Britain gave Palantir access to sensitive COVID-19 patient records in £1 deal
#10Funny how no one wants to talk about the reason that the NHS is doing these deals. Of all the competent devs / data analyst in the UK, how many do you think actually want to work at the NHS? So lots of demand / need (healthcare is a mess in part because of data management via paper) and no supply / interest of talent.
I think many people talk about it but from a different context. The NHS is being de-funded by the same politicians whose friends benefit from these deals. Hard to hire competent people when your budget keeps getting cut.