Exclusive: Allowing US tech firm to analyse intelligence in name of tackling fraud raises fresh concerns over privacy FCA deal gives Palantir yet more access to inner workings of power in Britain Palantir is to be granted access to a trove of highly sensitive UK financial regulation data, in a deal that has prompted fresh concerns about the US AI company’s deepening reach into the British state , the Guardian can reveal. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has awarded Palantir a contract to investigate the watchdog’s internal intelligence data in an effort to help it tackle financial crime, which includes investigating fraud, money laundering and insider trading. Continue reading...