Tag: DNA
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Disrupted supply chains: Chip shortage hampers new EU databases
An EU agency is building a recognition system with biometric data on 400 million travellers. The contractors seem to have overstretched themselves In future, anyone wishing to enter the European Union without a visa will have to register in a…
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DNA, facial images and fingerprints: German biometric police systems contain 10 million people
Police authorities are increasingly requesting biometric data, more and more often with success. The search is carried out in German and European information systems. However, the results are not always trustworthy. Since 2008, German police forces have been able to…
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Prüm Framework: EU Presidency wants a European Weapons Register
In a decentralised system, the police forces of the EU member states network DNA files, fingerprints, vehicle data and soon also facial images. The automated retrieval of data in criminal investigations is now to be extended to firearms. However, a…
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Prüm Decision: European criminal police offices agree on face recognition system
The European Union is extending the cross-border query of biometric data to faces. Searches should also be possible with still images from surveillance cameras. Up to now, only individuals may be processed in the Prüm framework, but soon bulk searches…
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New Technologies: Europol sets up an “Innovation Laboratory”
The EU interior ministers want to respond to the “challenges and opportunities” of new technologies. The focus is on 5G networks, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, drones, 3D printing and improved decryption. The Europol Police Agency will focus more…
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EU facial recognition
Police and secret services can currently search facial images only in individual EU Member States. The EU wants to change that The European Union wants to make it much easier for police to cross-check facial images. In the future, it…