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Alarm bells ring as US spy tech firm lands £330m NHS contract
Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel
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CAMPAIGNERS have raised alarm bells over patient privacy after a US spy tech firm was handed a £330 million contract to create a huge data platform for the NHS.
Palantir, a secretive Silicon Valley company first funded by the CIA, secured a five-year contract with NHS England on Tuesday.
The company’s motives have come under scrutiny, particularly after its billionaire founder Peter Thiel claimed that the NHS “makes people sick” and should be privatised.
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