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01 March 2024 - there has been a subtle change in the way i'm being followed by the #police and #MI5. Perhaps i'm wrong. Perhaps i'm not.

It has been since this news came out, and i've been seeing more walking #painbodies in bright colours sometimes signalling to #theTower with their hats:

“This action is a warning to any organisation planning to monitor people electronically – you must be able to prove the necessity and proportionality of tracking people’s movements, taking into consideration people’s vulnerabilities and how such processing could put them at risk of further harm. This must be done from the outset, not as an afterthought."

https://web.archive.org/web/20240308213055/https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5261/news-gps-tagging-migrants-unlawful-uk-authority-finds-after-pi-complaint

https://web.archive.org/web/20240308213134/https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2024/03/ico-finds-the-home-office-s-pilot-of-gps-electronic-monitoring-of-migrants-breached-uk-data-protection-law/

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10Luno 1y ago

# “Having access to a person’s 24/7 movements is highly intrusive, as it is likely to reveal a lot of information about them, including the potential to infer sensitive information such as their religion, sexuality, or health status. Lack of clarity on how this information will be used can also inadvertently inhibit people’s movements and freedom to take part in day-to-day activities.

“If such information were to be mishandled or misinterpreted, it could potentially have harmful consequences to people and their future. The Home Office did not assess those risks sufficiently, which means the pilot scheme was not legally compliant.

"We recognise the #HomeOffice’s crucial work to keep the #UK safe, and it’s for them to decide on what measures are necessary to do so. But I'm sending a clear warning to the Home Office that they cannot take the same approach in the future. It is our duty to uphold people’s information #rights, regardless of their circumstances."