NEW REPORT: The hostile environment is coded into the UK digital immigration system. Migrants are stressed out by this complex and faulty system. Access to housing, work and services hangs in the balance with little support from the Home Office. Read more ⬇️
Open Rights Group
Stressed, Fearful and Excluded: New research exposes harms of digitalising immigration status
New research warns that the digitalisation of immigration status system is causing stress, confusion, and exclusion and placing an unfair burden on...
 #migrants #migrantrights #immigration #evisa #ukpolitics #ukpol
The ICO has added insult to the human cost of the Horizon scandal. “As reprimands lack the force of law, the Post Office can rest assured that they will not face consequences if they fail to address their shortcomings." 🗣️ @npub1um79...wyyk for ORG.
the Guardian
Post Office avoids fine over leak of wrongfully convicted operators’ names
ICO reprimands company over accidental publishing of data about people caught up in Horizon IT scandal
 #PostOffice #HorizonScandal #dataprotection #ICO #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol
Expanding facial recognition without proper safeguards in place puts our rights on the back foot. We should be able to walk down the street without being ID’d at every step. The UK Parliament must wake up and halt the march of this tech with its questionable accuracy.
BBC News
Facial recognition could be used more by police under plans
The Home Office hopes a new public consultation will lead to new laws expanding the use of the technology by more police forces.
 #facialrecognition #police #policing #ukpolitics ukpol #surveillance #privacy
Say No to Digital ID 🚫 Nearly 3 million people signed the petition against Digital ID. Next Monday, MPs will debate this 4th largest petition in British history. Tell your MP to attend the debate and stop digital surveillance. Use our tool ⬇️
Open Rights Group
Tell your MP to attend the debate on digital IDs
 #NotoDigitalID #DigitalID #surveillance #privacy #ukpolitics #ukpol #ID
Fail, fail and fail again... The UK Information Commissioner's Office has issued a weak reprimand to the Post Office for publishing the identities of Horizon’s victims. The ICO's failure to enforce data protection law adds insult to injury for the victims of this scandal. Read our response ⬇️
Open Rights Group
The ICO Fails to Take Action over the Post Office Horizon Scandal
The ICO has just applied its public sector approach and issued a reprimand to the Post Office for their Horizon IT scandal data breach.
 #ICO #dataprotection #PostOffice #HorizonScandal #privacy #databreach #ukpolitics #ukpol #gdpr