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…
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Bulgarian eID provider Evrotrust raises $7.5M
Bulgarian national electronic identity scheme provider Evrotrust has raised 6.6 million euros (US$7.5 million) in investment. The company is planning…
EU tests new biometric screening process for migrants at Lampedusa
Lampedusa, the small island between Italy and Morocco and a key entry point for irregular migration to Europe, has become…
UK’s Port of Dover postpones EES biometrics for car passengers
The UK’s Port of Dover has postponed registrations for car passengers under the European Union’s Entry-Exit System (EES) at the…
Laws have set stage for social media age checks, tech is progressing: Macron
The EU is moving steadily toward the adoption of a bloc-wide minimum age for social media, with growing support among…
France alters process at EES biometric kiosks in UK to speed up registrations
The Entry-Exit System (EES) kiosks at London’s St Pancras railway station have temporarily removed certain questions in order to speed…
New proposal pushes EU-wide digital minimum age of 16 for social media
EU lawmakers want children to be protected online, and some of them say platforms aren’t doing enough, fast enough. New…
EU’s EES launched with slowdowns and rule violations
Two minutes and 26 seconds — this was the time it took English travel journalist Simon Calder to register for…
EU updates age verification blueprint app amid debate on social media restrictions
The European Commission has released a second version of the EU’s age verification app blueprint, as the bloc continues to…
Europe’s ‘Wild West’ of facial recognition testing spurs call for responsible AI oversight
A peer-reviewed study published in Data & Policy by legal scholar Karen Yeung of the University of Birmingham, and Wenlong…
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