EU Biometric Entry/Exit may add to border wait times; Statewatch worries
Waiting times for travelers at borders may increase substantially after the deployment of the European Union‘s biometric Entry/Exit System (EES)….
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EDRi, Statewatch call for ban of EU-wide police facial recognition system
The European Commission’s ‘Prüm II’ legislation may amplify the risks of state overreach and biometric mass surveillance and should therefore…
Statewatch warns of worsening ethnic profiling risk in EU as identity systems expand
Monitoring organization Statewatch warns that new biometric identity controls used by police and immigration authorities in the European Union could…
Driving license biometrics could form pan European ‘perpetual police line-up’: Statewatch
Any holder of an EU driving license will have their details and biometric information and photograph added to a pan-EU…
UK can join EU biometric surveillance without Parliamentary scrutiny: Statewatch
The UK is able to join European Union biometric surveillance schemes such as a pan-European network of police facial recognition…
Major air travel organizations urge EU to allow EES suspensions
The Entry-Exit System could lead to serious travel disruptions during the peak tourist season, including queues lasting four hours or…
EU extends data deals with UK, starts negotiating with US on access to traveler databases
The EU has renewed adequacy decisions with the UK, keeping the door open for free data flows between the two…
EU lawmakers approve regulation to expand Europol’s capabilities in biometric data processing
European lawmakers have backed a proposal to give Europol a central role in coordinating the fight against smuggling networks and…
US wants EU members to give access to travelers’ biometric data by 2027
The U.S. authorities continue to push for access to EU member states’ biometric databases to conduct traveler screening as part…
Rights groups push back on UK police use of facial recognition amid far-right riots
After the UK government announced more deployments of facial recognition to curb far-right riots, rights groups have called on Prime…
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