Tag: DNA data
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Prüm II: EU Committee criticises planned obligation for facial recognition
All EU member states are to network their police facial images and investigation files across Europe. This puts pressure on some governments without such systems. The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has criticised plans to oblige all EU member…
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Facial recognition and police records: European biometric systems to be expanded
A new Prüm system will make it possible to query facial images across Europe in the future, and a central biometric EU repository will also be connected to it For 14 years, the member states of the European Union have…
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New investigative tools: German police receives 78 million euros for Schengen Information System
Three new EU regulations significantly expand the possibilities of the largest European police database. Four different biometric data can now be entered in SIS II. The number of storages and searches is once again increasing significantly. German authorities are among…
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European Union plans borderless query of facial images
In the Prüm Treaty, the police search for biometric data among EU Member States is significantly simplified. Under Austria’s leadership, the extension is now being examined for facial recognition. A corresponding Council decision could already be taken next year. The…
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Significantly more fingerprints stored in the Schengen Information System
With biometric software, people can be searched and identified using their dactyloscopic data. Initially, such a system was only used in databases for asylum seekers and visa applicants in the European Union. Now even the largest EU police database has…