"The UK Home Office's large-scale processing of migrants' personal data including special category data through these two algorithmic tools raised many questions.We took our concerns regarding the lack of transparency therein, the limited human involvement in their use, and the lack of coherent and comprehensive information provided to migrants subject to these tools, to the UK data protection authority, the Information Commissioner (ICO)."
"PI argues that The UK Home Office must be held accountable. Life-changing decisions such as those these tools are used to inform directly undermine the rights and dignity of migrants, and need to be closely scrutinised. We hope the ICO will investigate these findings and assess the Home Office's use of these algorithmic tools in light of relevant data protection laws."
The UK Home Office processes migrants' personal data, including special category data, using two algorithmic tools. The processing demonstrates a lack of transparency, limited human involvement, and inadequate information provided to migrants subject to the tools. Concerns were taken to the Information Commissioner (ICO) to assess compliance with data protection laws. If breaches are found, the ICO may order cessation or require the Home Office to bring processing into compliance, increasing pressure and protecting vulnerable migrants. Statewatch trained over 300 migration-sector workers across the EU and published a handbook outlining findings and redress avenues under data protection law. GPS tagging of migrants continues.
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