EU watchdog comes out against 'smart borders' proposal

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The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has slammed a proposal to introduce an automated biometrics-based entry and exit system for travellers in the region, calling it "costly, unproven and intrusive".

In February this year, the European Commission (EC) put forward a proposal to register the entry and exit of "third country nationals" who cross the borders of the union, as well as a registered traveller programme.

The proposal follows work started in 2008, when the EC suggesting automated, electronic tools to record and track visa-exempted third country nationals, using "smart borders" to replace manual stamping of passports by border guards.

Would certainly mean a longer use of passport for me, but.. not to be it seems.

 

[Mal]

Idiots. Biometric data is encoded into passports. And seeing the UK has my fingerprints and checks them most times when I enter... I really don't care if they have a machine that does the same.

The EU is both good and bad. Some of their proposals/regulations seem to come from the funny farm!