EU governments open the door for biometric mass surveillance in public spaces
Today, the EU Council Presidency’s proposal for a regulation on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) was leaked. Patrick Breyer, German Pirate Member of the European …
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Internal LIBE meeting with US Homeland Security: Plans for biometric databases put EU citizens’ data at risk
Yesterday, members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) had an informal meeting with representatives of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. During the …
Biometric mass surveillance: Let’s not follow Russia’s example!
Yesterday was the deadline to table amendments to the LIBE/IMCO report on the AI Act. This is the proposal by the Parliament’s competent committees to change the Commission’s original proposal …
Biometric mass surveillance: New study warns of Chinese surveillance methods in Europe
Today, the Greens/European Free Alliance Group in the European Parliament presented a new study on the impact of mass biometric surveillance, such as facial recognition software, on human rights …
Migration control: EU agency spends € 1.5 billion on virtual borders | digit.site36.net [external]
Between 2014 and 2020 alone, Frontex and eu-LISA agencies spent a total of €1.9 billion on contracts for border surveillance and control systems. This figure is provided by the British …
Transparency lawsuit against secret EU surveillance research: MEP Patrick Breyer achieves partial success in court
The Court of Justice of the European Union today published a landmark ruling of major significance for EU-funded “security research” (Case T-158/19).[1] Under the “iBorderCtrl” project, the EU tested alleged …
Briefing: Transparency complaint against secret EU surveillance research “iBorderCtrl”
Greens/EFA study reveals alarming expansion of Biometric Mass Surveillance in Europe
Today, the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament published a study on Current Practices of Biometric Mass Surveillance in the European Union (e.g. facial surveillance or behavioural analysis in …