BERLIN : A top German court ruled on Thursday that police use of automated data analysis to prevent crime in some German states was unconstitutional, dealing a win to critics of the CIA-backed Palantir Technologies that provides the software.Provisions regulating the use of the technology in Hesse and Ham
BERLIN : A top German court ruled on Thursday that police use of automated data analysis to prevent crime in some German states was unconstitutional, dealing a win to critics of the CIA-backed Palantir Technologies that provides the software.
Hesse, the central German state home to Frankfurt, has used automated data analysis thousands of times annually since its introduction in 2017, including to target an underground network charged with plotting to overthrow the national government in December. "Given the particularly broad wording of the powers, in terms of both the data and the methods concerned, the grounds for interference fall far short of the constitutionally required threshold of an identifiable danger," the court said.
U.S.-based Palantir Technologies makes software for data analytics used by intelligence and law enforcement agencies around the world, according to its website.
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