Tag: Databases
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German police categorise people with “phenotypes”: Study sees “racist glasses”
Representative surveys prove racist police profiling for the first time. Suspects are stored as “African” or “Indian”. No problem, says the German government. The German police follow racist patterns in their random checks. This was confirmed in November by a…
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Digital police problem: German authorities pool millions of dubious data records at the BKA
The Federal Criminal Police Office in Germany stores millions of facial images and fingerprints, as well as tens of thousands of people with stigmatising categories. The police forces in all 16 German states maintain their own databases, including for incident…
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Refugees against German Register of Foreigners: Constitutional Complaint against “Second Class Data Protection”
Several organisations and associations support a constitutional complaint against the Central Register of Foreigners. They argue that the data collection is out of control and violates fundamental rights. Eleven refugees filed a constitutional complaint on Tuesday against the amendment to…
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Double surveillance of climate activist by German Federal Police was unlawful, court says
For more than two years, the German Police profiled the movements of Cécile Lecomte, a climbing activist sitting in a wheelchair, and secretly surveilled her for several weeks. The officers should have used milder measures, according to a verdict. Accompanied…
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EU data hamsters: Atos manager moves to client after trouble with biometric flagship
Agnès Diallo now oversees biometric databases sold to the EU by her former employer. Interesting to see how she deals with claims for compensation against Atos. Last week, Agnès Diallo took office as the new director of the Tallinn-based Agency…
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German Data Protection Commissioner finds numerous deficiencies in surveillance
Even police and secret services are not always convinced of the usefulness of their large databases. There is also criticism of licence plate scanners and surveillance technology from private manufacturers. On Wednesday, the German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection, Ulrich…