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EU’s Prüm II rolls on; will it roll over privacy concerns?

The debate over an update to a biometrics-sharing agreement in the EU is simple enough. Either there’re no human rights…

 

UK forensics database now counts 28.3 million fingerprints

The UK government DNA database has produced over 820,000 matches to unsolved crimes since 2001, new data on the use…

 

Next stop for EU’s police biometric data-sharing rules – final signatures

The EU’s Prüm rules for exchanging data among police agencies have taken a large step toward being updated to include…

 

More statements, legislation but little progress on facial recognition rules

Time usually narrows the choices and possible outcomes that come with an important information technology, but that decidedly is not…

 

EU police biometric databases will grow with new data exchange policy, says rights group

The European Union’s new law on exchanging data between national law enforcement authorities is set to increase the amount of…

 

Breakthrough made in DNA capture; France still top EU collector of genetic profiles

United States researchers have demonstrated that they can capture human genetic data, including medical and ancestry information, from tiny fragments…

 

Europol’s new rules enable sourcing of ‘third country’ biometric data

New regulations give Europol too much biometric surveillance power while cutting external oversight of the agency’s data processing and protection…

 

Dutch Police refine rapid forensic biometrics approach after early testing

John A.J.M. Riemen, the lead specialist, manager and custodian of the Dutch Police’s national criminal Automated Biometric Identification System, has…

 

Biometrics use by law enforcement criticized in three European countries

Europe continues to wrestle with privacy issues around the collection of sensitive biometric data by law enforcement. In France, Norway,…

 

Biometrics integration, consortium promise easier secure online transactions in Europe

Large-scale biometrics collaborations and global projects drew the top headlines on Biometric Update this week, with OneSpan integrating with BankID…

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