Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: Next Generation Prüm

  • Facial recognition and police records: European biometric systems to be expanded

    Facial recognition and police records: European biometric systems to be expanded

    A new Prüm system will make it possible to query facial images across Europe in the future, and a central biometric EU repository will also be connected to it For 14 years, the member states of the European Union have…

  • Prüm Framework: EU Presidency wants a European Weapons Register

    Prüm Framework: EU Presidency wants a European Weapons Register

    In a decentralised system, the police forces of the EU member states network DNA files, fingerprints, vehicle data and soon also facial images. The automated retrieval of data in criminal investigations is now to be extended to firearms. However, a…

  • Prüm Decision: European criminal police offices agree on face recognition system

    Prüm Decision: European criminal police offices agree on face recognition system

    The European Union is extending the cross-border query of biometric data to faces. Searches should also be possible with still images from surveillance cameras. Up to now, only individuals may be processed in the Prüm framework, but soon bulk searches…

  • EU facial recognition

    EU facial recognition

    Police and secret services can currently search facial images only in individual EU Member States. The EU wants to change that The European Union wants to make it much easier for police to cross-check facial images. In the future, it…