Sopra Steria under fire for EU border biometric system vulnerabilities
An audit by the European Data Protection Supervisor last year identified thousands of “high” severity cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the tool…
Schengen Information System (SIS)
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eu-LISA biometrics brief explains border systems for wide audience
A European Union agency tasked with operating large-scale IT systems related to law enforcement is publishing a series of briefs…
UK Lords committee urges delay for EU’s EES and ETIAS
A government committee in the United Kingdom is calling for the rollout of the European Union’s biometric-based travel schemes to…
EU target for interoperable police, border biometrics databases delayed until 2027
The implementation target for the European Union’s plans to make biometric databases for law enforcement and border control interoperable has…
ETIAS clarifies biometric data requirements about Europe’s new visa system
As Europe prepares to introduce its new Entry/Exit System (EES) at the end of 2023, confusion is growing around data…
Biometric Schengen Information System goes live, UK readies ETAs
The European Union’s upgraded Schengen Information System (SIS) for security and border management is now in operation, incorporating biometrics of…
Oxford Refugee Studies Centre: mapping the biometrics of movement into and around Europe
A new report maps the technologies such as biometrics in use, being developed or trialled across Europe for tackling the…
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…
Technical issues hit EU biometric border plan, potentially delaying 2022 launch
The EU’s updated biometric border control system, Entry/Exit System (EES), is suffering massive technical and organizational problems, and looks to…
‘Little progress’ at state level for EU biometric database: report
National-level delays among EU and Schengen area states participating in the formation of a massive shared biometric identity database threaten…
