Privacy International files complaints with two regulators against the UK Home Office’s use of GPS ankle tags to monitor migrants, a seismic change in surveillance of individuals in the UK.
Privacy International (PI) has today filed complaints with the Information Commissioner (ICO) and Forensic Science Regulator (FSR) against the UK Home Office‘s use of GPS ankle tags to monitor migrants released on immigration bail. This policy and practice represents a seismic change in the surveillance of migrants in the UK. PI was first alerted to this scheme by organisations such as Bail for Immigration Detainees, an independent charity that exists to challenge immigration detention in the UK.
Read more: https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/4941/privacy-international-files-complaints-against-gps-tagging-migrants-uk
February 2021: Privacy International: Introduction
[…] Below, we try to provide a rough guide to how the UK’s borders, immigrations, and citizenship system tracks and spies on people, and which companies profit. The first section briefly outlines the main departments and units involved. It then describes various databases which are used to process immigration data, track people through the borders, immigrations, and citizenship system, or which are relevant because they enable forms of surveillance by law enforcement or immigration authorities. These are referred to for the purposes of this guide as the “back-end” systems.
The following section then describes surveillance and tracking tools available to officers and agencies themselves, referred to here as the “front-end” tools. A section on international operations which are used to support surveillance in the UK is provided, followed by a list of relevant other resources.
Read the report https://privacyinternational.org/report/4408/uks-privatised-migration-surveillance-regime-rough-guide-civil-society
See linked later post: See linked later post 26 May 2021: https://statusnow4all.org/is-personal-data-of-those-seeking-access-to-nhs-services-shared-with-immigration-enforcement-authorities/
and another linked post: 2 June 2021: https://statusnow4all.org/immigration-exemption-ruled-unlawful-under-gdpr/
