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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Robert Booth UK technology editor

FCA’s Palantir deal could expose UK financial data to Trump’s US, critics fear

Donald Trump and Peter Thiel.
Palantir, co-founded by Trump supporter Peter Thiel (right), signed a deal to help the Financial Conduct Authority detect crime by AI. Composite: Getty images

The UK’s financial watchdog is being urged to prove its relationship with the US tech company Palantir will not provide the Trump administration with backdoor access to troves of sensitive citizen and commercial data.

A US law that can oblige tech companies to disclose information to American authorities may apply to Palantir’s deal to help the Financial Conduct Authority detect crime, Martin Wrigley MP, a member of the House of Commons science and technology select committee, has warned.

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