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Government plans imminent legislation for digital visas

22 October 2021

Public Technology, 22 October 2021.

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"The government plans to imminently introduce new legislation for a digital visa system that could collect biometric and other personal information on 30 million people each year.

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Campaign group Statewatch is also among the critics of the law and, as part of the ongoing committee inquiry into the bill, has submitted evidence on the implications of the biometric data-gathering."

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