The coordinated campaign invokes rights under data protection laws, requiring the NHS to stop using the data unless it can demonstrate a “compelling reason” to continue, Anadolu Agency reported.
The campaign comes after hundreds of thousands of people signed petitions calling on the UK government to cancel a £330 million ($445 million) contract with Palantir.
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Campaigners have also raised concerns about the company’s work for the Israeli military and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) under President Donald Trump.
Two House of Commons select committees have urged the Labour government to invoke a break clause in the seven-year NHS contract, which is due to take effect in February.
“I am a believer in the NHS having really good data on their patients, but I want it to be something you can really trust to be used for the right purposes. I am not happy about Palantir’s involvement with the IDF in Gaza and ICE in America,” David Murray, a retired IBM systems engineer who filed an objection, told the Guardian.
Palantir has defended its involvement with the NHS, saying its technology is helping improve healthcare services.
The company said NHS trusts using the FDP had recorded 117,000 additional operations, a 14.3% reduction in discharge delays among long-stay patients and a 5.6% improvement in the proportion of patients receiving cancer results within 28 days.
Palantir executive Louis Mosley has dismissed criticism of the company’s NHS work as “Palantir derangement syndrome.”
