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ICE uses Palantir's ELITE app to target immigrants without a legally required privacy assessment.

Law EnforcementPrivacyTechnologySep 3, 2026score 0.443 posts · 1 replies across 3 instances
The thread discusses Palantir's ELITE app, which ICE uses to target immigrants, highlighting issues of lack of privacy assessments and potential misuse of the tool by officers. It also mentions ICE providing restricted information to new hires before background checks. These issues raise concerns about data privacy and law enforcement practices.

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ICE uses Palantir's ELITE app to target immigrants without a legally required privacy assessment.
Parent: Law EnforcementEntity: ICEImpact: negativeDate: Sep 3, 2026 - Sep 4, 2026Target: The use of ELITE by ICE for targeting immigrants
The ELITE app created by Palantir lacks a legally required privacy assessment for its use by ICE.
Parent: Data PrivacyEntity: PalantirSub-entity: ELITE appImpact: negativeDate: Sep 3, 2026 - Sep 4, 2026Target: The absence of a privacy assessment for the ELITE app
Palantir's ELITE app may be used by ICE officers in a manner that violates lawful privacy protections.
Parent: TechnologyEntity: PalantirSub-entity: ELITE appImpact: negativeDate: Sep 3, 2026 - Sep 4, 2026Target: The potential unlawful use of the ELITE app by ICE officers

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#ICE gave new hires access to restricted info on #Palantir all before they passed background checks. Palantir created #ELITE, a powerful new app for ICE to target immigrants. The feds never published a legally required #privacy assessment for it. #DataPrivacy #USpol #law https://theintercept.com/2026/09/03/ice-palantir-privacy-personal-info-access/
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#ice#palantir#elite#privacy#dataprivacy#uspol
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Palantir created ELITE, a powerful new app for ICE to target immigrants. The feds never published a legally required privacy assessment for it. https://theintercept.com/2026/09/03/ice-palantir-privacy-personal-info-access
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The ELITE app, created by #Palantir to target immigrants: There is no confidence that ICE officers use the tool in a lawful, privacy-protective manner in the field https://theintercept.com/2026/09/03/ice-palantir-privacy-personal-info-access/
8 boosts · 0 favs · 0 replies · Sep 3, 2026
#palantir