On: Palantir has no place in UK public services

[nextos]

Ironically, the Danish Government is a heavy user of Palantir systems, including creepy predictive policing solutions.

I would be keen to know if citizen data is being handled correctly, following GDPR/LED.

Given previous Danish client-state-like cooperation with NSA to spy on other EU countries, I can imagine the answer.

[lostlogin → nextos]

> including creepy predictive policing solutions.

Minority Report coming right up.

[anton001 → nextos]

Which predictive policing solution from palantir are they using?

[nextos → anton001]

Their local Palantir implementation is called POL-INTEL. This thesis presents a good critical overview [1].

[1] https://en.itu.dk/-/media/EN/Research/PhD-Programme/PhD-defe...

[izacus → nextos]

GDPR has carveouts for governments and law enforcement so they can do whatever for those purposes.

[nextos → izacus]

The framework is the one I referred to (EU LED). In Denmark, LED is implemented in the Danish Law Enforcement Act.

However, LED has some purpose limitations, which critics argue the Danish Law Enforcement Act has bypassed. Some are trying to challenge it.

[hexbin010 → nextos]

I love how powerful the GDPR marketing was that it made people forget that there are massive exceptions for prevention of crime and for the government