The flawed UK eVisa scheme strikes again.
Not for the first time, a person's data has been incorrectly linked to someone else's account.
Last year, ORG and 18 other groups called on the ICO to investigate the data breaches and accessibility issues with the eVisa scheme.
But they've done nothing.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/24/woman-stranded-spain-uk-evisa-system-mistakes-twin-sister
#evisa #migrants #dataprotection #gdpr #immigration #ukpolitics #ukpol
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