Palantir Will No Longer Profit Off of New Yorkers’ Health Data
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NYC public hospital system ending Palantir contract worth $4 million, halting commercial use of patient health data.
How This Affects You
Your health records from NYC's public hospital system will no longer be monetized by a military contractor or used for commercial data analysis, protecting your medical privacy.
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New York City Health + Hospitals CEO Mitchell Katz announced at a March 16 city council meeting that the public hospital system will not renew its contract with military contractor Palantir, ending a deal worth almost $4 million since 2023. The system used Palantir's software to automate Medicaid billing and patient health data scanning, but the arrangement drew protests from activists who objected to the company's work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and military operations. Katz said the contract was always intended as a short-term solution and that the hospital system would bring data analysis in-house following the contract's October expiration. The decision came after The Intercept's February reporting on the partnership and organizing by groups including the American Friends Service Committee, which shared contract documents with the publication.
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NYC Health + Hospitals will not renew its contract with Palantir when it expires in October and will bring data analysis in-house.
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