ICO’s criticism of National Fraud Initiative on data matching raises serious concerns over proportionality and necessity
23 April 2021
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When I posted the blog on the return of the database state via the National Fraud Initiative (NFI), I knew I was going out on a limb. Afterall, if one criticises a key Government initiative for being incredibly invasive of privacy, one hardly expects to be awarded two or three “back-of-the-hand” COVID contracts as a “thank you”. So it is a relief that the ICO’s response to NFI consultation on data matching (just published) has come to similar conclusions (see
