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ENDitorial: Massive mobilization against EDVIGE, the new French database
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Remember the movie ‘Das Leben der Anderen’ (The Lives of Others), where a Stasi agent was monitoring a playwriter’s life? This doesn’t translate anymore in French into ‘La vie des autres’, but rather into EDVIGE, the name of a newly created database to be used by French […]
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The French Government goes against CNIL in biometric passports
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Ignoring the opinion of the French Data Protection Authority – the National Commission for Information and Liberties (CNIL), on 4 May 2008, the French Government passed a decree on the basis of which the French citizens will have biometric passports that will include eight fingerprints and a […]
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Automatic face recognition in UK airports
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Starting this summer, the UK Border Agency will use facial recognition technology at automated unmanned gates. A machine would accept or reject the match between the scan and the computer information on people with biometric passports. The pilot project will be open to UK and EU citizens […]
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Fingerprinting the fingerprint proponent
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) EDRi-member Chaos Computer Club (CCC) – Germany has published in the latest issue of their magazine Die Datenschleuder the fingerprint of one of the best known proponents of digital fingerprints in passports – Mr. Wolfgang Schäuble, the German Minister of Internal Affairs. The fingerprint has been printed […]
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The European Commission continues to pressure for early fingerprinting
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) In spite of the recommendation of the European Data Protection Supervisor, Peter Hustinx, that the minimum age for fingerprinting should be 14, a spokesperson from the European Commission (EC) expressed on 2 April 2008 the EC intention to push for fingerprinting children starting at the age of […]
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Information Commissioner warns against fingerprinting at new UK terminal
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Mr. Richard Thomas, UK Information Commissioner warned Heathrow airport operator BAA that the plans to fingerprint all passengers at the new Terminal 5 may breach the UK Data Protection Act. The 5.5 billion euro worth Terminal 5 was opened by the Queen on 16 March and is […]
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Biometric data from non-EU travellers
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A set of new measures including biometric data from non-EU travellers are being proposed these days by the European Commission (EC). The proposals, drafted by Franco Frattini, the European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security, are being put forward by the EC, arguing that the cross-border policy […]
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Key privacy concerns in Czech Republik 2007
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Last year has seen an increased number attempts from government bodies to extend their powers and make it easier to access people’s private information. To name a few, there were legal proposals to increase the number of agencies authorized to access and process electronic communication data collected […]
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Key privacy concerns in France 2007
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) 6 January 2008 was the 30th anniversary of the French Data Protection Act. But no one really cared. The only French contribution to this 2nd European DP day has been the publication by the CNIL (French DP Authority) of a poll result that it commissioned in November […]
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UK DNA database errors raise concerns
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The largest DNA database in the world covering details on about 4.5 million people including information on every person arrested, convicted or not, and on 900 000 children raises questions as inaccuracies and administrative errors have been found in its records. Incorrect dates, spelling mistakes and duplications […]
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DNA tests approved by French Constitutional council
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) In a decision published on 15 November 2007, the French Constitutional council approved the introduction of DNA testing in the new immigration law to prove family links for foreign candidates applying for a more than 3 months visa on family regrouping grounds. However, it has further restricted […]
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Update on DNA and biometrics in French immigration law
(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) With its final vote on 23 October 2007, the French Parliament confirmed the introduction of DNA testing in the new immigration law to prove family links for foreign candidates applying for a more than 3 months visa on family regrouping grounds. The only recourse could now be […]
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