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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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); software Home Office's glitchy eVisa rollout lands UK privacy regulator in campaigners' crosshairs Coalition says ICO failed to act despite hundreds of complaints about bug-plagued digital immigration status scheme Lindsay Clark Lindsay Clark Published wed 8 Jul 2026 // 10:15 UTC The UK's privacy watchdog is facing calls for parliamentary scrutiny after campaigners accused it of failing to get a grip on the Home Office's glitch-plagued eVisa system.A coalition of 20 immigration, digital…
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