Fingers 2 Myself: EU

Search on This Topic:   
[ Go to Home | Select a New Topic ]

US delay for biometric passports
EUThe US has signalled that it will modify its biometric passport requirements for travellers from Visa Waiver countries. EU countries have been struggling to meet an October 2005 deadline set by the US to introduce new passports with biometric identifiers. The 2002 US Border Security Act demands from 27 countries the inclusion of chips with facial images in their passports, in order to continue participation in the US Visa Waiver programme. A deadline was set for 26 October 2004 after which citizens from most EU countries would either have to present a biometric passport or a visa to enter the US.
Posted by fingers on Wednesday, June 29 @ 15:06:16 CDT (398 reads)
(Read More... | 2255 bytes more | Score: 0)
French NGOs: no consensus possible on biometric ID-card
EU

A coalition of 6 French organisations against the French biometric card project INES (among them EDRI-member IRIS, see EDRI-gram 3.11) remains convinced that 'no consensus is possible' to accept the project if modified according to the suggestions made by the Internet Rights Forum ('Forum des droits sur l'Internet' or FDI, a private association mainly funded by the French government.) The Forum was asked to organise a public debate about the project. The results were published on 16 June 2005 and presented to the French ministry of Interior.
Posted by fingers on Wednesday, June 29 @ 14:57:25 CDT (385 reads)
(Read More... | 5747 bytes more | Score: 4)
Trouble starts to come to light
EU

Heated debate on ID cards in the UK.

On 28 June the UK government narrowly won a vote on its identity card proposals in the House of Commons, seeing its majority halved to just 31. The previous day the UK Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, expressed strong concerns over the government's plans for a biometric national identity card and database. He particularly criticised the scheme's "disproportionate and excessive" storage of personal information and the wide range of uses that would "permit function creep into unforeseen and perhaps unacceptable areas of private life".
Posted by fingers on Wednesday, June 29 @ 14:52:34 CDT (363 reads)
(Read More... | 3416 bytes more | Score: 0)
Sponsored by





 
Sponsored by