From Open Democracy yesterday: We might just have a chance to stop a secretive Silicon Valley firm, which was first funded by the CIA, from being handed a £480 million NHS data contract. The deal would allow Palantir to build a single database that will put a huge trove of NHS patient data in private hands, despite warnings from privacy campaigners and a wide range of organisations. The firm is heavily tipped to secure the contract but there are now suggestions that UK health secretary Steve Barclay is concerned about how unpopular the plans are.  It is of course about NHS England and … Continue reading Secretive Silicon Valley firm, funded by the CIA, WON’T get an NHS data contract in Scotland