Sunday, April 17, 2022

Europe Wants To Create A Huge International Facial Recognition System And Share With EU Countries To Help Find Criminals

The usual concerns for individual privacy and personal data protection in the EU go out of the window when looking for suspected criminals across borders?
What about innocent citizens that get mixed up? 
How far will this go?

"... For the last 15 years, police agencies across Europe have been able to share fingerprints, DNA data, and car owner information in the hunt for criminals. Now, European legislators are preparing to integrate millions of images of people’s faces into the system, allowing for the deployment of facial recognition on a massive scale. ...
The extension of face recognition across Europe is part of a larger strategy to “modernize” enforcement on the continent, and it is covered under the Prüm II data-sharing agreements. The specifics were initially revealed in December, but as the full impact of the measures has become clear, European data regulators have become increasingly vocal in recent weeks. ..."

Europe Wants To Create A Huge International Facial Recognition System And Share With EU Countries To Help Find Criminals - MarkTechPost

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