Tag: Police
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Government plans: German police should get green light for facial and voice recognition on the internet

The German coalition government wants to extend the surveillance rights of the police to include facial and voice recognition on the internet in a fast-track procedure. This should enable networks of suspects to be revealed more quickly. The planned expansion…
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German police are racist: New study on structural discrimination in everyday police work presented

Police officers tend to take harsh action against certain groups of people. This is not only due to individual prejudices, a study from Lower Saxony has now shown. Reports from those affected have shown for years that police officers in…
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Frontex should no longer hand over refugees to Libya: Lawyers act against the transfer of location data

Because Frontex also informs the Libyan Coast Guard about boats that are not in distress at sea, refugees are taking action against this practice at the EU. Frontex defames this as “publicity”. Two weeks ago, Frontex confirmed that the number…
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More and more countries are negotiating mutual swaps of police data, while the US is pushing for a ring exchange with EU systems

The EU will soon be putting two new, huge information systems for travellers into operation. The personal data stored there is arousing the US government’s interest. In police databases, authorities store facial images, fingerprints and other identification information of both…