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ECJ to rule on the biometric passports

10 October, 2012
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Deutsch: EuGH befasst sich mit biometrischen Reisepässen


The Dutch administrative court asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) whether the EU Regulation obliging member states to store fingerprints in passports and travel documents infringes the right to privacy.

This is a result of four cases in which Dutch applicants had been refused the issuing of their passports because they did not accept to provide their fingerprints.

France: Biometric ID database found unconstitutional

28 March, 2012
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Deutsch: Frankreich: Biometrie-Datenbank verfassungswidrig


The French Constitutional Council found the law proposing the introduction of a new biometric ID for French citizens as unconstitutional.

Britain: Government reneges on DNA privacy promise

27 July, 2011
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Deutsch: Britische Regierung bricht ihr Versprechen DNA-Daten zu löschen


In Britain, the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government has announced that it will not delete the DNA records of suspects who were arrested but subsequently acquitted or never charged.

CoE refuses to start investigation on biometrics

18 May, 2011
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Deutsch: Europarat lehnt Biometrie-Untersuchung ab


In an answer to the 31 March 2011 petition calling the Council of Europe (CoE) to start an in-depth survey under Article 52 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Thorbjørn Jagland, the Secretary General of the CoE refused to start an investigation on the collection and storage of citizens' biometric data by member states.

In his answer, Secretary General Jagland mainly points to the CoE Resolution 1797, adopted in March 2011.

NGOs ask CoE to investigate government collection of biometrics

6 April, 2011
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Deutsch: Allianz ersucht Europarat um Untersuchung der staatlichen Nutzung biom...


An international alliance of organisations, including EDRi and several EDRi-members, and individuals from 27 countries has lodged a petition calling on the Council of Europe to start an in-depth survey on the collection and storage of biometric data by member states.

European governments are increasingly demanding the storage of biometric data (fingerprints and facial scans) from individuals. These include storage on contactless "RFID" chips in passports and/or ID cards.

Final call for petition on government use of citizens' biometrics

9 March, 2011
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Macedonian: Последен повик за петиција за владина....

Deutsch: Petition gegen die Nutzung biometrischer Daten durch den Staat

By means of a petition, the international Alliance 'Hands off biometrics' will urge the Council of Europe to start an investigation on the collection and storage of biometric data by Member States.

European governments are increasingly demanding storage of biometric data (fingerprints and facial scans) from individuals.

UK Supreme Court to hear DNA cases

9 February, 2011
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Deutsch: Oberster Britischer Gerichtshof prüft DNS-Fälle


Following a decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the UK Coalition Government has recently stated its intention to dramatically reduce the retention period of DNA data.

France: Imminent "Humanitarian Fingerprinting" of Roma with OSCAR

8 September, 2010
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Deutsch: Frankreich: Drohende Stigmatisierung von Roma durch OSCAR


The xenophobic anti-Roma campaign run by the French government following President Sarkozy's discourse at the end of July has led to the brutal dismantling of numerous Roma camps, and to the expulsion of 1 000 foreign Roma people from the country within the last month. How could this happen, given that most if not all of them are either from Romania or Bulgaria? As EU citizens since 1 January 2007, they should normally benefit from freedom of movement in the Union.

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