NHS data contract gives Palantir access to medical records of Covid-19 patients

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Contracts released on threat of legal action by campaigners

A data deal signed between the NHS and the US technology firm Palantir granted the controversial American data-mining company access to sensitive personal data of hundreds of thousands of patients,...

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