Tag: EIS
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Roadmap for interoperability: EU expands its (border) police databases with facial recognition
The EU agency eu-LISA continues its work on linking fingerprints and facial images. Following the establishment of a super-database, even more systems are now being connected. A new roadmap has been drawn up extending to 2030. The “Interoperability Project” merges…
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Information systems at Europol: Fishing the “data lake” with a new dragnet
The EU police agency has completely restructured its information systems. German authorities are by far the main users for storage and query. Through a parliamentary question, the successor of Palantir software at Europol is now known. The European Police Agency…
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New Europol regulation: EU member states want to blindside parliament with renewed time stamps
For years, the EU police agency has been storing dumps of data on crime victims and witnesses. New legislation will legalise this practice. An exception should now apply to information Europol collected before it comes into force. According to a…
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Privileged third country: EU security cooperation with Great Britain after Brexit
British authorities continue to participate in many EU instruments in the area of justice and home affairs, and cooperation in some cases even goes further than with the Schengen states Norway, Iceland or Switzerland. The exit from Europol and the…