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EU data protection
fromCN Traveller
1 year ago

Fingerprints, face scans and automated systems: What the EU's new travel rules mean for British travellers

The EU's Entry/Exit System will be implemented on April 10, requiring biometric data from non-EU nationals traveling to EU countries.
Europe politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Travel industry fears summer disruption amid new biometric checks at European borders

The new EES biometric entry-exit checks risk major summer passenger delays and long queues unless border authorities relax or temporarily stand down the system.
fromwww.thelocal.com
6 months ago

NEW: Europe launches long-awaited EES biometric border checks

From Sunday, non-EU travellers entering Europe's Schengen open-borders zone will gradually be photographed and fingerprinted at border crossings, as the European Union rolls out its much-delayed automated border checks. The aim of the new system? To replace eventually the manual stamp on passports and secure better information-sharing between the bloc's 27 states.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.theguardian.com
11 months ago

UK citizens face fingerprint checks each time they visit EU

British citizens traveling to the EU will face additional biometric checks at borders with a new system set to be phased in beginning November.
UK news
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