A leaked investigation reveals that personal data from participants in Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme may have been processed through Palantir’s analytics platform as part of a broad fraud taskforce involving multiple agencies. The use of the company’s software comes despite growing public and political backlash, including demands for a government ban following controversial claims in Palantir’s corporate manifesto—criticized for allegedly promoting discriminatory views. Concerns over privacy and ethical oversight are heightened as the company, with access to sensitive NDIS data, expands its role in law enforcement and welfare monitoring. The disclosure raises fresh questions about transparency and safeguards in Australia’s expanding surveillance and data-sharing initiatives.
Exclusive: The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, which has access to NDIA data, used Palantir as part of a multi-agency fraud taskforceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPersonal information of national disability insurance scheme participants may have ended up in controversial software company Palantir’s analytics platform as part of a massive multi-agency sharing program investigating fraud, Guardian Australia can reveal.There have been calls to ban the use of Palantir’s software by the Australian government since May, after it implied some cultures are inferior to others in a manifesto described by one UK MP as the “ramblings of a supervillain”. Continue reading...
