UK: court rules immigration exemption incompatible with data protection rules
A High Court judge has ruled that the immigration exemption in the UK Data Protection Act 2018 is incompatible with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), following a legal challenge by the Open Rights Group and the3million. This exemption allows the Home Office and private companies to deny individuals access to personal data held about them on the grounds that it might "prejudice the maintenance of effective immigration control," thus making it harder to challenge wrongful immigration decisions. The Government must now ensure that the Home Office and private companies that are contracted to enforce immigration control comply with GDPR.
UK: court rules immigration exemption incompatible with data protection rules
A High Court judge has ruled that the immigration exemption in the UK Data Protection Act 2018 is incompatible with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), following a legal challenge by the Open Rights Group and the3million. This exemption allows the Home Office and private companies to deny individuals access to personal data held about them on the grounds that it might "prejudice the maintenance of effective immigration control," thus making it harder to challenge wrongful immigration decisions. The Government must now ensure that the Home Office and private companies that are contracted to enforce immigration control comply with GDPR.