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title: "Home Office's glitchy eVisa rollout lands UK privacy regulator in campaigners' crosshairs"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/home-office-s-glitchy-evisa-rollout-lands-uk-privacy-regulator-in-campaigners-crosshairs-efneg8ibe
source_url: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/07/08/home-offices-glitchy-evisa-rollout-lands-uk-privacy-regulator-in-campaigners-crosshairs/5267712
type: article
source: "The Register"
published: 2026-08-06T10:37:19.144Z
updated: 2026-08-06T10:38:15.432Z
tags: ["privacy"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Home Office's glitchy eVisa rollout lands UK privacy regulator in campaigners' crosshairs

**[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A coalition of campaigners has targeted the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for failing to act on hundreds of complaints related to the Home Office's bug-ridden eVisa digital immigration status scheme. The rollout has been criticised for technical glitches that have caused significant problems for visa holders.

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