Tag: Enhanced Border Security Partnership
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Forced “border partnership”: EU Commission wants to allow U.S. also to query political views and “ethnic origin”
According to the draft framework agreement on a “border partnership” with the Trump administration, US authorities would be permitted to query not only facial images but also names, health data and sexual orientation from police databases in EU member states.…
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Access to biometric police data: EU Commission wants to negotiate secretly with the U.S.
The U.S. is demanding automated access to biometric police and asylum data in EU states. Also Trump’s infamous anti-migrant-militia ICE could use the fingerprints and facial images. Nevertheless, the Commission is starting negotiations under high secrecy. The U.S. government requires…
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“Border Security” with USA: Brussels ready to give deep access to biometric data in EU states
The European Commission wants to negotiate an agreement that would allow US authorities direct access to police-stored fingerprints and facial images in Europe. Potentially, all travelers could be affected by such queries – and people in need for protection. At…
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Brussels goes it alone: EU Commission examines access to biometric data by U.S. police
U.S. authorities want to query fingerprints and facial images in a total of 40 states, most of them in Europe. In a twist, the Commission is putting itself at the forefront of talks about this so-called EBSP. A total of…