Home Office GPS tagging of asylum seekers breaches data protection law | Computer Weekly
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John Edwards, UK Information Commissioner, said that the lack of clarity by the Home Office on how it would use information collected from asylum seekers could inadvertently lead to people with GPS tags restricting their own movements or not taking part in everyday activities.
Having access to a person's 24/7 movements is highly intrusive, as it is likely to reveal a lot of information about them, including the potential to infer sensitive information such as their religion, sexuality, or health status.
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