Overview

• Palantir runs Gotham exclusively on police-owned servers without internet access to guarantee that data remains under law enforcement control.
• Lower Saxony and Bremen officially rejected Palantir between August 9 and 10, opting to pursue European alternatives for police data analysis.
• Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has launched an Interior Ministry review of a potential nationwide rollout; Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig has signaled caution.
• A Fraunhofer Institute audit of Gotham’s source code for the Bavarian state police found no hidden backdoors.
• Civil liberties groups have filed constitutional complaints over non-suspect data processing, with concerns about vendor dependency prompting calls for stricter oversight or domestic alternatives.