Amnesty UK Submission to the Data Protection Bill Public Bill Committee (immigration exemption)

This submission to the Public Bill Committee concerns the Bill's immigration exemption. That exemption removes various key data protections where, it is said, these would be likely to prejudice the maintenance of effective immigration control.

The submission identifies the breadth of this exemption and misunderstanding about it, including misunderstanding revealed in ministerial assurances given as to the limits of the exemption.