Elaine Edwards reports:
A group of academics specialising in privacy and data protection law have said they are “not aware” of any legal requirement for people in receipt of social welfare payments to register for the public services card (PSC).
Eleven experts have written to Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan expressing concern about the Government’s card project after it emerged that a woman in her 70s had her State pension cut off because she refused to register for a card.
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