The European Data Protection Supervisor published its opinion on the European Commission’s negotiations toward an EU-U.S. framework for sharing data on security screenings and identity verifications. The proposed framework would allow for data sharing agreements to be signed between individual member states and the U.S., including exchanges of “biometric data (fingerprints), for the purpose of border and immigration control by a third country.” EDPS Wojciech Wiewiórowski said, “comprehensive and effective safeguards” around the proposed transfers are “of utmost importance.”
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