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Healthcare
The Guardian — Privacy · · International

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

UK parliamentarians have raised alarms over NHS England granting Palantir and other contractors broad access to identifiable patient records — before pseudonymisation — as part of an AI platform development project. Internal NHS documents reportedly acknowledged the arrangement carries a risk of eroding public trust.

Why this matters: Providing a US defence-linked firm with pre-anonymised health records raises acute concerns about patient consent, data sovereignty, and the scope of permissible use — particularly given Palantir's history of government surveillance contracts. Individuals rarely anticipate their medical data reaching such actors.

Who should care: Healthcare professionals · Privacy officers · Compliance · General readers · AI governance · Policy

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Enforcement
FTC Consumer Protection · · US Federal

FTC to Ban Kochava and Subsidiary from Selling Sensitive Location Data to Settle Charges They Sold Location Data Linked to Millions of Mobile Devices

The FTC has reached a settlement barring data broker Kochava and its subsidiary from selling sensitive location data without consumers' explicit consent, following allegations the companies traded precise movement data tied to hundreds of millions of mobile devices, including visits to sensitive locations.

Why this matters: The case highlights how commercial data brokers can quietly monetize individuals' physical movements — including visits to medical or religious sites — without their knowledge, underscoring the gap between lawful data collection and meaningful consent.

Who should care: Lawyers · Privacy officers · Compliance · General readers · Policy

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News
The Guardian — Privacy · · International

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

Live facial recognition has been used by UK police since 2020, primarily in London, and the current Labour government is now pushing for nationwide adoption, including 40 new camera-equipped vans for deployment across England and Wales town centres.

Why this matters: Mass deployment of always-on facial recognition in public spaces means ordinary people are effectively subject to biometric surveillance without consent, raising due-process concerns — particularly given documented risks of misidentification that fall disproportionately on minority communities.

Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity · General readers · AI governance · Policy

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Enforcement
The Guardian — Privacy · · International

UK information commissioner steps back amid workplace investigation

UK Information Commissioner John Edwards has temporarily stepped aside while the ICO conducts an independent internal investigation into undisclosed workplace conduct. Edwards, who heads the country's primary data protection and information rights authority, announced his cooperation via LinkedIn.

Why this matters: The voluntary recusal of the UK's chief privacy regulator creates a leadership vacuum at the body responsible for enforcing data protection rights — raising questions about continuity of oversight at a moment when both AI governance and public-sector surveillance are under active scrutiny.

Who should care: Lawyers · Privacy officers · Compliance · AI governance · General readers · Policy

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Healthcare
The Guardian — Privacy · · International

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

Volunteers’ data has enabled medical breakthroughs, but there are questions over how that data is protected With the revelation that the confidential health records of half a million British volunteers have been put up for sale on a Chinese website, we take a look at what the UK Biobank project has achieved – and why concerns have been raised. Continue reading...

Who should care: Healthcare professionals · Privacy officers · Compliance

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News
Data Protection Commission · · EU / Ireland

EU-US Data Privacy Framework

EU-US Data Privacy Framework  Data Protection Commission

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