Claimants are tailed, identified on CCTV and their social media monitored, Privacy International finds

Suspected benefit fraudsters in the UK are being subjected to excessive surveillance techniques such as being tailed by government officers or identified in CCTV footage, according to a report.

It also found that companies from bingo clubs to the BBC, estate agents and the NHS can be asked to provide information on people who may be under investigation.

Related: One in three councils using algorithms to make welfare decisions

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