Home Office's glitchy eVisa rollout lands UK privacy regulator in campaigners' crosshairs
The groups want the committee to examine the eVisa program as part of its wider inquiry into government data security.The campaigners argue that the technical problems dogging eVisas go well beyond the odd software glitch. Since the scheme's rollout, users have reported being locked out of their accounts, unable to prove their immigration status, or discovering that their personal information had become entangled with that of unrelated people. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); According to the letter, those failures have prevented people from entering the UK, taking jobs, enrolling in education, and accessing benefits.
- ▪The groups want the committee to examine the eVisa program as part of its wider inquiry into government data security.The campaigners argue that the technical problems dogging eVisas go well beyond the odd software glitch.
- ▪Since the scheme's rollout, users have reported being locked out of their accounts, unable to prove their immigration status, or discovering that their personal information had become entangled with that of unrelated people.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); According to the letter, those failures have prevented people from entering the UK, taking jobs, enrolling in education, and accessing benefi
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