Decision letter

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This decision letter concerns an FOI request for correspondence between the ATO and Palantir Technologies since May 2020, and documents since 2022 on how the ATO could use Palantir's Foundry platform for fraud detection. The ATO identified fourteen documents, all of which were refused in full. Thirteen were withheld under section 45 (breach of confidence) because they were provided in a procurement process under confidentiality undertakings, and were also found exempt under sections 47E(d) and 47G(1)(b) on procurement-integrity and future-supply grounds. One document, an assessment of ATO intelligence management capabilities and gaps in fraud intelligence, was withheld under section 47E(d). The letter does not disclose the substance of the documents, the contract value or any figures, and the ATO cites risks to fraud detection integrity and value for money. Review rights are set out.