the3million calls for openness about data errors before people are targeted
the3millionEU citizens' rights organization, through research and policy manager Kaelynn Narita
Kaelynn Narita of the3million says the Home Office must be open about how it finds and corrects errors before using the data to target people.
“Before using this data to target people, the Home Office must be open about how it identifies and corrects errors in its caseworking systems.”
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Home Office justifies immigration facial recognition; Big Brother Watch and the3million raise concerns
Home Office documents published in October 2026 describe live facial recognition for Immigration Enforcement, including administrative immigration activity beyond ports of entry. The department's impact assessment argues that the use is necessary and proportionate in specified circumstances, with restricted watchlists and human review. Big Brother Watch's Jake Hurfurt criticizes the expansion into suspected administrative breaches. Kaelynn Narita of the3million warns that if watchlists draw from the same databases as earlier erroneous immigration records, people could be wrongly flagged or stopped. She says the Home Office must explain how it finds and corrects errors before using the data to target people.
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The report quotes Jake Hurfurt for Big Brother Watch and Kaelynn Narita for the3million. The government's written policy supplies its stated position.
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Narita cites earlier eVisa errors and warns that using the same databases for watchlists could wrongly flag or stop people.
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Computer Weekly reports that it asked the Home Office about identifying and correcting database errors but received no response.
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Narita conditions use on openness about error correction and warns of wrongful flags, rather than opposing the use outright.
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