sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
Palantir’s Consolidation Of CDC Disease Data Reportedly Raises Privacy Concerns
June 09, 2025
The New York Times (6/6, Mandavilli) reported the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent announcement that it “plans to consolidate data on diseases like measles and polio are raising concerns about patient privacy, delays in spotting long-term trends and ways the Trump administration may use the information.” The CDC informed “state officials earlier this week that it would shift disease information” to a new system, Foundry, that’s managed by data analysis and technology firm Palantir. Foundry’s expansion across the federal government in recent months, “allowing it to compile detailed information about Americans, has introduced a new layer of anxiety and mistrust among state and local officials about sharing data with the C.D.C.” Some officials now “worry that a sprawling data collection system could expose or endanger people with sensitive health needs, like gender care, reproductive health care or disabilities. Some labor and other advocacy groups have tried to block the Trump administration from sharing data across agencies.”
https://www.ascp.org/news/external-...iA-iD7BAQMqVC4ZIm5Q91Pwy6tqhM8-Homlb1-HaUfo21
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DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE
LTR) today announced an extension and expansion of its work with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the outbreak response and disease surveillance solution for the Data Collation and Integration for Public Health Event Response (DCIPHER) Program.
Over a decade ago, Palantir and the CDC initially partnered to support the agency’s efforts to manage food borne outbreaks and the partnership grew to include countering Ebola and the management of anthrax and bacterial special pathogens. Palantir’s work on the DCIPHER Program utilizes the Palantir Foundry platform to support the time-sensitive data integration, management, and analysis that widespread events require.
Since its first project in 2010, Palantir and the CDC’s DCIPHER Program have increased their efforts together to include additional food-borne pathogens, respiratory pathogens, genomics-specific data challenges, as well as facilitating expanded collaboration between the CDC and state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) partners. These initiatives are separate and distinct from Palantir’s COVID-19 response work with U.S. federal health agencies.
more... https://www.palantir.com/newsroom/p...g-cdc-partnership-for-disease-monitoring-and/
June 09, 2025
The New York Times (6/6, Mandavilli) reported the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent announcement that it “plans to consolidate data on diseases like measles and polio are raising concerns about patient privacy, delays in spotting long-term trends and ways the Trump administration may use the information.” The CDC informed “state officials earlier this week that it would shift disease information” to a new system, Foundry, that’s managed by data analysis and technology firm Palantir. Foundry’s expansion across the federal government in recent months, “allowing it to compile detailed information about Americans, has introduced a new layer of anxiety and mistrust among state and local officials about sharing data with the C.D.C.” Some officials now “worry that a sprawling data collection system could expose or endanger people with sensitive health needs, like gender care, reproductive health care or disabilities. Some labor and other advocacy groups have tried to block the Trump administration from sharing data across agencies.”
https://www.ascp.org/news/external-...iA-iD7BAQMqVC4ZIm5Q91Pwy6tqhM8-Homlb1-HaUfo21
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DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE
LTR) today announced an extension and expansion of its work with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the outbreak response and disease surveillance solution for the Data Collation and Integration for Public Health Event Response (DCIPHER) Program.Over a decade ago, Palantir and the CDC initially partnered to support the agency’s efforts to manage food borne outbreaks and the partnership grew to include countering Ebola and the management of anthrax and bacterial special pathogens. Palantir’s work on the DCIPHER Program utilizes the Palantir Foundry platform to support the time-sensitive data integration, management, and analysis that widespread events require.
Since its first project in 2010, Palantir and the CDC’s DCIPHER Program have increased their efforts together to include additional food-borne pathogens, respiratory pathogens, genomics-specific data challenges, as well as facilitating expanded collaboration between the CDC and state, tribal, local, and territorial (STLT) partners. These initiatives are separate and distinct from Palantir’s COVID-19 response work with U.S. federal health agencies.
more... https://www.palantir.com/newsroom/p...g-cdc-partnership-for-disease-monitoring-and/