Patrick Breyer didn’t expect to have to take the European commission to court. The softly spoken German MEP was startled when in July 2019 he read about a new technology to detect from facial “micro-expressions” when somebody is lying while answering questions. Even more startling was that the EU... Read more
Politico Europe: Brussels considers pan-EU police searches of ID photos
11 Mar 2020
Ready for your closeup? Your face could soon be included in police databases searchable by law enforcement across the European Union. The Council of the EU has been advised to include photos of the Continent’s residents in a network of databases that could be searched by police using facial... Read more
The Intercept: Leaked reports show EU police are planning a pan-European network of facial recognition databases
21 Feb 2020
A police investigator in Spain is trying to solve a crime, but she only has an image of a suspect’s face, caught by a nearby security camera. European police have long had access to fingerprint and DNA databases throughout the 27 countries of the European Union and, in certain cases, the United... Read more
Politico Europe: EU on the verge of approving giant biometric database for migrants
16 Apr 2019
The European Union is about to become a lot safer — at least on paper. Lawmakers are set to approve plans for an enormous new database that will collect biometric data on almost all non-EU citizens in Europe’s visa-free Schengen area. The database — merging previously separate systems tracking... Read more