UK struggles with biometric border crossing software

A UK government immigration database was found to have mixed up biometric and biographical data of more than 76,000 people, leaving some of them unable to prove their right to work, rent housing and access state-funded medical treatment.

The UK Home Office-operated database, called Person Centric Data Platform (PCDP), stored information on 177 million immigrants, including identity documents, visa applications, and biometric information. Errors in the database, however, have led to “merged identities” of two or more people and listings …

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