27 June 2026 - 12:41
Category: IT Fail
Met Police find governance is hard
The Metropolitan Police's Palantir pilot assessment has exposed gaping holes in transparency and staff consultation. I for one am utterly shocked by this bureaucratic stumble.
Source: Computer Weekly
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A rather embarrassing Data Protection Impact Assessment has laid bare massive governance and surveillance gaps in the Metropolitan Police's Palantir Foundry pilot. This lack of foresight affects the public and the staff who were never consulted about this intrusive surveillance technology. Salvaging what is left of our privacy requires demanding actual transparency and proper impact assessments before letting experimental tech loose, not that anyone in authority actually listens to IT.