Nicola Byrne: People want to feel confident that the power dynamics are not skewed in favour of the commercial company
Palantir has been awarded five consecutive NHS contracts without a competitive bidding process
Critics complain 12-month deal lacks transparency, skips over provision for patient consent, and excludes other potential bidders
Data specialists inside the NHS have expressed concerns over a bid by controversial US firm Palantir to win a £480mn contract to build the NHS's federated data platform (FDP).
UK consortium wishes to offer the UK an alternative to US-based Palantir
The Royal Navy already uses the company's technologies for planning and logistics
And they'll do it without patient consent
Employees who joined before April 2020 would have been impacted by the proposed pension reductions
Measures are designed to favour business and government interests over those of the individual, says Open Rights Group
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill is set to go to the House of Lords later this month