On Monday, 11 December, the Court of Appeal ruled that the immigration exemption in the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA18) is still unlawful. The ruling states that the UK government must make further changes to the DPA18 to make it clearer how people within the immigration system can access the information held about them.
Information Commissioner John Edwards was added as an interested party in the claim brought by the3million and the Open Rights Group.
In a statement, Mr Edwards said: "This ruling is about giving migrants greater clarity in how their information is used to inform life-changing decisions about where they have the right to live. It doesn’t change the immigration process, but it does mean that people will have greater confidence when they ask to see what is happening with their information, those responding to their requests will have the guidance they need to treat people fairly and with greater empathy, and it will be easier for my office to scrutinise where those requests for information have not been handled correctly."
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