Security Architectures in the EU

Schlagwort: Entry-Exit System

  • Upgrade for the Schengen Information System

    Upgrade for the Schengen Information System

    The European Union is restructuring its police database landscape. Existing systems are being merged and supplemented by new ones. The number of authorised users is also increasing. Following technical changes, the relevant Council working groups are now being reorganised. The European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems (eu-LISA) has carried out an […]

  • EU Entry/Exit System: Border police purchases new biometric control technologies

    EU Entry/Exit System: Border police purchases new biometric control technologies

    An EU regulation forces travellers from third countries to leave their fingerprints and facial image when crossing the border. All Member States must therefore invest in new infrastructure at land, sea and air borders. Because checks therefore take longer, authorities are procuring self-service kiosks for handing in biometric data. More than two years ago, in […]

  • German Airports: Face recognition now also for children

    German Airports: Face recognition now also for children

    When crossing an EU external border, all travellers will soon have to provide biometric data. This leads to long waiting times and border controls are therefore becoming increasingly automated. This will first benefit people who have already stored facial images on the chip of their „ePass“. The German Federal Police is extending the use of […]

  • EU merges biometric data pots: Now the query tsunami is coming

    EU merges biometric data pots: Now the query tsunami is coming

    Under the keyword „Interoperability“, the large EU databases in the area of justice and home affairs will be interlinked. Fingerprints and facial images are stored with personal data in a searchable „Identity Repository“. Data queries are expected to increase drastically, with Europol alone expecting 100,000 per day. The European Union is providing all information systems […]