Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: Fingerprint Identification System

  • Significantly more fingerprints stored in the Schengen Information System

    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 a “Fingerprint Identification System”. The Schengen Information System (SIS II) currently contains around 236,000 searchable […]