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Data protection

June 2026

  • Multiple ambulances parked outside a hospital accident and emergency entrance beneath a large red sign.

    Shared NHS patient records could cut 20,000 A&E visits a year, ministers claim

  • Donald Trump and Peter Thiel.

    FCA’s Palantir deal could expose UK financial data to Trump’s US, critics fear

May 2026

  • A nurse on an emergency ward wearing dark blue scrubs stands looking at computer screens and taking notes.

    Palantir’s access to identifiable NHS England patient data is ‘dangerous’, MPs say

    Health service has given US tech firm ‘unlimited access’ to certain data to build integrated platform, according to reports
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    AI facial recognition oversight lagging far behind technology, watchdogs warn

    Exclusive: Biometrics commissioners say face-scanning not as effective as claimed and new laws needed to regulate use

    • How does live facial recognition work and how many UK police forces use it?

    • Dynamic pay on platforms such as Uber should be banned, says TUC

    • UK Biobank has my data, but I’m not worried. I know the benefits are too great to consider pulling out

      Polly Toynbee

April 2026

  • A general view of Alibaba's headquarters in Hangzhou, China

    More private health records of UK Biobank volunteers appear on Chinese website

  • John Edwards, the information commissioner

    UK information commissioner steps back amid workplace investigation

  • Passengers on a platform at Copenhagen central station in Denmark.

    Some Interrail travellers told to cancel passports as hacked data posted online

  • Gold coloured shelves storing hundreds of samples

    What is the UK Biobank project and what are the privacy concerns around it?

  • Met police in talks to buy Palantir AI tech for use in criminal investigations

  • Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears

  • MP rejects Palantir’s claims that criticism of NHS England deal is ‘ideologically motivated’

March 2026

  • Two men examine a quantum computer in Google's Santa Barbara lab

    Google warns quantum computers could hack encrypted systems by 2029

  • Peter Thiel during a Fox News interview in New York

    MPs urge UK government to halt contract giving Palantir FCA data access

  • Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, offers a pair of hundred-dollar bills to attendees during a keynote address at the Bitcoin Conference

    Palantir extends reach into British state as it gets access to sensitive FCA data

  • Nigel Farage speaking at a press conference.

    Reform UK may breach data laws with free energy bills competition

  • UK regulator examines IT glitch that enabled bank customers to see others’ accounts on app

  • Palantir’s NHS England contract ‘opens door to government abuse of power’, health bosses told

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