Tag: Police
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German activists receive asylum in Venezuela
After Interpol already withdrew an arrest request, two leftists now finally escape persecution by the German justice system The Venezuelan refugee commission has granted the two German-born Peter Krauth and Thomas Walter a claim for protection from political persecution. They…
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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…
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New Europol regulation: EU member states want to blindside parliament with renewed time stamps
For years, the EU police agency has been storing dumps of data on crime victims and witnesses. New legislation will legalise this practice. An exception should now apply to information Europol collected before it comes into force. According to a…
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Tracking corona infections: German Luca app in a downfall
Five Länder no longer renew their contracts with culture4life, the company’s new business model could also run into turbulence So far, 13 German federal states have used the Luca app to warn of Corona infections, but at least five governments…