Palantir and NHS: FOI request
Dear Sir or Madam,
This is an FOI request about Palantir Technologies.
1. Does your organisation use Palantir software for any purpose or policy?
2. If so please state the name of the software, the date on which use commenced, and the purposes and policies for which it is used.
3. Do you upload patient data to to Palantir e.g. Foundry? Please state the name of this data, the policy under which it is uploaded, and whether it is “de-identified”, “pseudonymised” or anonymised.
4. Have you conducted data protection impact assessments on your use of Palantir? Please provide a copy of these impact assessments if so.
If you use Palantir software:
5. Please provide copies of correspondence between relevant employees of your organisation and employees of Palantir related to the implementation and usage of - and troubleshooting issues with - Palantir software.
Please define correspondence as emails, text messages and WhatsApp messages generated since 01/06/2022.
6. Please provide copies of internal correspondence related to the implementation and usage of - and troubleshooting issues with - Palantir software.
Please define internal correspondence as emails generated since 01/06/2022.
Thank you for the time and energy you will invest in preparing a response. I would prefer to receive all information in electronic format and in machine-readable formats where applicable. I would be grateful if you could acknowledge receipt of this request.
Best wishes,
Lucas Amin
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Dear Lucas,
We note your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act, this has been logged under reference LA170323.
We aim to provide you with a response by the 24th April 2023.
FOI Officer
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Brockley Hill | Stanmore | Middlesex | HA7 4LP
Tel: 020 3947 0466 or 020 8909 5824
@RNOHnhs
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Dear Lucas,
We refer to your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act, logged under reference LA170323.
Please note the RNOH does not use Palantir technologies.
FOI Officer
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
Brockley Hill | Stanmore | Middlesex | HA7 4LP
Tel: 020 3947 0466 or 020 8909 5824
@RNOHnhs
You have a right for an internal review if you are dissatisfied with how the request has been handled. Internal review requests can be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be sent to the following postal address:
Data Protection Officer
Freedom of Information Internal Review
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust,
Brockley Hill,
Stanmore, Middlesex, HA7 4LP
OR
Email: [email address]
Following the internal review you do have the right to contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) who upholds information rights in the public interest. The contact details for the ICO are as follows:
Website: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
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