The Guardian Data Protection

DECEMBER 31, 2023

We need a fellowship of socially conscious heroes to fight the Conservatives and NHS data-grabbing firms and save our democracy Happy new year! The American spy technology company Palantir has been given a £330m contract by NHS England to manage its “federated data platform”, which integrates our patient records.

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The Guardian Data Protection

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Awarding of contract to create new data platform prompts immediate concerns about security of medical records UK politics live – latest updates The NHS has caused controversy by handing the US spy technology company Palantir a £330m contract to create a new data platform, triggering fears about the privacy of patients’ medical details.

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The Guardian Data Protection

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Exclusive: Company that works with intelligence services wins £480m contract in joint bid with Accenture The NHS is to hand a key role in handling patient data and share of a £480m contract to the US spy technology firm Palantir this week, the Guardian can reveal.

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The Guardian Data Protection

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Four groups claim no legal basis exists for setting up the Federated Data Platform which facilitates information sharing The NHS has been accused of “breaking the law” by creating a massive data platform that will share information about patients.

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The Guardian Data Protection

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Palantir, the US spy-tech firm co-founded by the billionaire Peter Thiel, has won a contract to handle NHS data. It’s a deal that has left privacy advocates such as Cori Crider with serious questions The NHS does not have a happy history with big IT projects.

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The Guardian Data Protection

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The biggest IT contract in the history of NHS England could be awarded as soon as next week, with the frontrunner currently the controversial US tech firm Palantir. What is the contract for? Which firms are in the running? And why are there privacy concerns about the deal?

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The Guardian Data Protection

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

BMA raises concerns with minister about planned data platform, which could be run by US firm Palantir Patients fear that their personal information may be misused by the NHS’s new data store, especially if the US spy technology company Palantir runs it, doctors’ leaders have warned ministers. Continue reading.

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The Guardian Data Protection

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Data supplied to Biobank is not for sale, it’s not for trivial or suspect use, it’s for the good of humankind – and yet I had to jump through hoops to offer it I delight in messages from UK Biobank , making me feel useful for minimal effort.

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The Guardian Data Protection

DECEMBER 2, 2023

The NHS’s deal with the US tech company raises privacy concerns but a unified database could be a medical gamechanger As we sink deeper into the digital age, a problem emerges. People dislike the idea of giving up their data to some vast and powerful entity. But, increasingly, you can’t run things without them.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 27, 2023

Observer investigation reveals Meta Pixel tool passed on private details of web browsing on medical sites NHS trusts are sharing intimate details about patients’ medical conditions, appointments and treatments with Facebook without consent and despite promising never to do so.

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The Guardian Data Protection

DECEMBER 9, 2019

If the US has its way, the UK could lose a valuable public resource As a society, we are finally acquiring a healthy scepticism about the use and abuse of our personal information. Health datasets play a vital role in medical research.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 4, 2022

Exclusive: ideas include reducing trial safeguards and allowing startups to harvest patient data A list of radical ideas for transforming the NHS, including lifting safeguards blocking startups’ access to patient data, and nurses being incentivised to help speed trials, was privately drawn up by drug and healthcare companies in talks with senior No (..)

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 14, 2023

Exclusive: Victim speaks of feeling violated by hospital doctor incident that expert says is evidence of ‘systemic’ flaw in England ‘I felt anger, fear and horror that she had obtained my data’ The confidentiality of NHS medical records has been thrown into doubt after a “stalker” hospital doctor accessed and shared highly sensitive information about (..)

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CILIP

AUGUST 13, 2020

Implementing Knowledge for Healthcare1, the team leads a strategic approach to the development of NHS library and knowledge services. The team procures and ensures that the NHS has 24/7 access to evidence and knowledge resources, supports the development and assures the quality of NHS library and knowledge services in England.

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The Guardian Data Protection

AUGUST 11, 2022

Attack being investigated for potential data theft as experts warn criminals could use stolen details as leverage A ransomware attack on an NHS software supplier last week is being investigated for potential theft of patient data, as experts warned that criminals could use personal information as leverage in negotiations.

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The Guardian Data Protection

APRIL 13, 2020

All data will be handled according to the highest ethical and security standards, and would only be used for NHS care and research,” he said. Continue reading.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 30, 2021

Doctors say NHS Digital’s proposals could erode the relationship between them and their patients Doctors have warned that plans to pool medical records on to a database and share them with third parties could erode the relationship between them and patients.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JULY 4, 2020

Public health officials ‘can’t contain virus’ unless they get faster access to crucial ‘pillar two’ data from test centres Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Local health officials are being “kept in the dark” about Covid-19 infections in their area by Whitehall’s refusal to share all of its data, Andy Burnham, the mayor (..)

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The Guardian Data Protection

JUNE 6, 2021

Shadow health minister Alex Norris and doctors’ groups believe proposals risk undermining trust in GPs Labour has urged the NHS and Matt Hancock to pause their plan to share medical records from GPs to allow time for greater consultation on how the idea would work, saying that maintaining patients’ trust must be paramount.

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The Guardian Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Exclusive: Campaigners raise privacy concerns over government deal with iProov The NHS app is collecting and storing facial verification data from UK citizens in a process which has fuelled concerns about transparency and accountability.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JUNE 1, 2021

Senior doctors call on colleagues not to share personal data, in effort to buy time to raise awareness of plans Senior GPs have called on colleagues to refuse to hand over patients’ personal data to NHS Digital, in a move they hope will buy time to raise awareness of plans to place all medical records in England on a central database.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 7, 2020

More protections needed before coronavirus app fully launched, says human rights committee Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The NHS contact-tracing app must not be rolled out across the UK until the government has increased privacy and data protections, an influential parliamentary committee has said, as rights groups warn (..)

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The Guardian Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

People are happy for their health data to be used for beneficial purposes, but remain worried about government plans, according to Dr Catherine Bowden and Prof Sarah Devaney Your article ( ‘Our health data is about to flow more freely, like it or not’: big tech’s plans for the NHS, 14 September ) on the dangers of big tech involvement in the management (..)

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 11, 2022

“High risk” breaches were revealed to have occurred at healthcare groups, pharmaceutical giants and educational institutions including Virgin Care, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Imperial College London, during audits by NHS Digital, according to an investigation by the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Continue reading.

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The Guardian Data Protection

APRIL 12, 2020

The project appears to be using a “pseudo NHS number” to cross-match large datasets, including a master patient index, an existing NHS resource that uses “social marketing data” to segment the British population into different “types” at household level.

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The Guardian Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Fresh privacy concerns raised after NHS refuses to reveal firms used for ID verification process Undisclosed companies are analysing facial data collected by the NHS app, which is used by more than 16 million English citizens, prompting fresh concern about the role of outsourcing to private businesses in the service.

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The Guardian Data Protection

AUGUST 20, 2020

UK information commissioner ‘must ensure government uses public’s data safely and legally’ Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A cross-party group of more than 20 MPs has accused the UK’s privacy watchdog of failing to hold the government to account for its failures in the NHS coronavirus test-and-trace programme.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JUNE 3, 2021

GPs in England have been told to hand over all patient data to NHS Digital – potentially to be exploited for corporate profit GP practices in England have been instructed to hand over their patients’ entire medical histories with just six weeks’ notice. Ameen Kamlana is a GP in east London and an NHS activist Continue reading.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 8, 2020

Related: UK may ditch NHS contact-tracing app for Apple and Google model Continue reading. Although most locals told the Guardian they were broadly supportive of the idea, questions have been raised about glitches on some phones and the potential lack of takeup among the island’s older, less tech-savvy residents.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JUNE 8, 2021

Government will talk to patients, doctors, health charities and others about privacy concerns Plans to allow an NHS system to extract patient data from doctors’ surgeries in England have been delayed amid concerns around privacy.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JUNE 6, 2021

Alan Rector believes NHS data is a major resource for medical research, but the scheme needs safeguards. There are even more issues than you cite. First, the government’s website is disingenuous and misleading.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JUNE 6, 2021

Analysis: doctors groups and Labour say there has been a lack of consultation over major overhaul Labour asks NHS and Matt Hancock to pause plans for sharing patient data Labour has written to the head of NHS Digital asking for a pause in the planned rollout of a new data-sharing scheme for GP surgeries.

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 15, 2020

Health secretary previously said app would be available to rest of England by mid-May Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The NHS is making preparations to roll out its Covid-19 contact-tracing app nationwide before the end of the month, the Guardian understands.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JUNE 11, 2021

The benefits could be immense – just look at the Covid vaccine. But this proposal needs cast-iron assurances Who would trust Boris Johnson to keep their deepest secret? Would you dare lend him something valuable, and trust him not to flog it off when he needed the cash?

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The Guardian Data Protection

MAY 18, 2018

Health service joins UK firms in rushing to comply with new data protection rules The National Health Service is texting patients to warn they could lose alerts about hospital and doctor appointments, joining the deluge of more than 1bn “GDPR” messages currently hitting personal inboxes to meet an EU deadline this week.

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The Guardian Data Protection

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

One of the people affected describes incident as a ‘horrendous breach of privacy’ Almost 2,000 patients of an NHS gender identity clinic have had their email addresses disclosed in a “horrendous” breach of patient confidentiality. Continue reading.

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The Guardian Data Protection

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Secret data-sharing deal dropped after legal action by Migrants’ Rights Network The Home Office has abandoned a controversial “hostile environment” scheme using NHS data to track down patients believed to be breaching immigration rules.

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