There are significant concerns within the FCA about Palantir’s access to sensitive detection insights and whether the company would handle that information responsibly, prompting questions about governance and confidentiality.

Experts emphasize the need for robust confidentiality protocols as Palantir is designated as a data processor with the FCA retaining control of encryption keys, data hosted in the UK, and data destruction after the contract ends.

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Palantir already has substantial UK public sector engagements, including with the NHS, MOD and police, which has drawn political scrutiny from MPs and party leaders.

Historically, Palantir’s UK involvement in public sector work has sparked ethical and human rights concerns over data handling in other jurisdictions.

The initiative is part of a broader government effort to leverage digital tools across about 42,000 FCA-supervised firms to detect crime faster and allocate resources more effectively.

The FCA awarded Palantir a three-month contract to analyze its internal data lake for financial crime, with costs exceeding £30,000 per week.

The Guardian reports that the FCA will trial Palantir by giving access to the FCA data lake to aid in detecting white-collar crime, including money laundering, over a three-month period.

Palantir, a US-based AI company, has been contracted to access and analyze the FCA data lake for a three-month trial at a weekly rate above £30,000.

FCA describes Palantir as a data processor under strict controls: data remains under FCA control, encryption keys are FCA’s, data hosted in the UK, and data destruction after the contract; no data will be used to train Palantir’s products.

Palantir is required to act under the FCA’s instructions as a data processor, with the FCA ensuring strict data protections and that the data will not be used for Palantir training.

The FCA reiterates that Palantir will destroy data after the contract ends and that Palantir will not become a data controller; encryption keys stay with the FCA and data is hosted in the UK.