Palantir’s FCA Deal Raises Red Flags for UK‑US Data Flow

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Correction — 13 August 2026: ITnovati could not substantiate the previously published claim that the UK Financial Conduct Authority had awarded Palantir the contract described in this article. Searches of the FCA website and GOV.UK did not locate a primary announcement or contract record supporting the article’s central assertions. The earlier analysis has therefore been withdrawn rather than left online as fact.

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Cross-border access risk, data residency and the US CLOUD Act are legitimate subjects for vendor due diligence. They should, however, be assessed against a verified contract, the actual data-processing architecture, applicable transfer safeguards and legal advice—not inferred from a supplier’s nationality alone.

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We have preserved this URL to make the correction transparent. No conclusion about an FCA–Palantir relationship should be drawn from the withdrawn version. For current information, consult the Financial Conduct Authority and official UK procurement publications.

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