Home Office is creating a 'super database' on people's race, health and biometrics, report

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Data collected also includes people's names, location details, identification numbers and online identifiers

The Home Office's secretive Data Services & Analytics unit has been accused of creating a 'super database' that holds information on millions of people and risks worsening racial biases among law e...

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