Tag: United Kingdom
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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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Budapest Convention: Council of Europe decides to facilitate the exchange of electronic evidence
In future, investigating authorities and public prosecutors’ offices will be able to force internet providers in a third country to hand over data on their users without a court order there. Even more far-reaching surveillance measures on “e-evidence” are to…
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Classified documents: Great Britain has been massively violating Schengen rules for years
Because of serious breaches, British participation in Europe’s SIS II should have been terminated long ago. With two years delay, the Commission now made proposals to remedy the shortcomings. This fuels the suspicion that the country should continue to participate…
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Migration control: Drones now fly across the English Channel
1,700 migrants are said to have crossed the strait between France and Great Britain in small boats this year. Both governments therefore requested patrols with drones from the European Union next year. Until then, the border authorities will fly with…