Home Office contractor collected data on UK citizens while checking migrants’ finances

<p>Official sent email to charity that suggested Home Office had data on ‘hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting Britons’</p><p>The Home Office has been accused of collecting data on “hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting British citizens” while conducting financial checks on migrants.</p><p>A report by a private contractor for a routine immigration application was mistakenly sent to a charity by a government official, and contained information on more than 260 people including their names, dates of birth and electoral roll data.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/23/home-office-contractor-collecting-data-on-uk-citizens-while-checking-migrants-finances">Continue reading...</a>