Tag: EES

  • New control system: Frontex ends pilot project on facial recognition at EU borders

    New control system: Frontex ends pilot project on facial recognition at EU borders

    Until now, only asylum seekers and visa applicants had to hand over their biometric data before entering the EU. With an Entry/Exit System, this will be extended to all other travellers from third countries. Border controls will be significantly delayed…

  • Billions for Europe’s biometrics giants

    Billions for Europe’s biometrics giants

    All travellers will soon have to submit fingerprints and facial images at the EU’s external borders. For this, large sums of money await companies offering such technologies in each member state. In an “Interoperability Package”, the European Union is spending…

  • EU project iBorderCtrl: Is the lie detector coming or not?

    EU project iBorderCtrl: Is the lie detector coming or not?

    A document made legible again reveals how the beneficiaries of EU security research have been pushing for legislative changes for the introduction of prohibited technologies. The EU Commission is now funding a follow-up project with 8 million euros. For three…

  • New freight information system: EU Commission launches pre-declaration with risk analysis

    New freight information system: EU Commission launches pre-declaration with risk analysis

    For “safety and security” purposes, imports into the European Union must be pre-declared in future. This advance data contains information on all persons, companies and means of transport involved in the sale, transport or shipment of the goods. In two…