Author: Matthias Monroy
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EU police show little interest in processing passenger data
Once called for as an indispensable tool in the fight against terrorism, the implementation of the EU directive on the use of passenger data is slow. The “Passenger Name Records” (PNR) package adopted over two years ago should have been…
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Schengen searches to be extended
Persons listed in the Schengen Information System may, inter alia, be observed or searched by the police. The numbers of these Article 36 alerts are increasing rapidly and are now being explained for the first time in detail. A new…
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European military drones to fly alongside civilian aircraft
Until now, army drones fly in segregated airspace, but soon they will also be allowed for civil airspace. For this purpose, military companies are developing automatic avoid systems. The “Eurodrone” will be the first to implement this as standard; in…
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G20 in Hamburg: Data protection commissioner considers face recognition illegal
The Hamburg police have been researching facial analysis software for several years, which was then used for the first time after the G20 summit. The technology accesses the nationwide INPOL file for criminal offenders maintained by the Federal Criminal Police…