Opinion: The government must reassure us on privacy before we use the NHS app

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Opinion: The government must reassure us on privacy before we use the NHS app
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It’s right for the government to harness technology to crack the pandemic, but its approach could fatally undermine public confidence

? Perhaps, as many contractors will do, they are working on a time critical project that hasn’t been tendered for in good faith in order to secure future work. This is entirely legitimate. Or perhaps Palantir sees the data gathered by this exercise as infinitely more valuable than their expensive time commitment? Data is the next trillion dollar industry.

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