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Britain has signed a US plan to share biometric data controlled by the police about residents with US border officials.
According to a member of the European Parliament Committee on Civil, Justice and Domestic Affairs (LIBE), the agency met with “informally” with representatives of the US Department of Domestic Security this week to discuss the plan.
They are under the auspices of increasing border security partnerships (EBSP), which are designed to improve the ability of the US Department of Security to detect threats through sharing biometric information. Israel registered with the settings in March.
Libe Committee member and MEP Pirate Party Patrick Breyer said that during the meeting last week, the Committee found that England – and three EU member countries, although their identities were not revealed – had registered to re -introduce US visa requirements that gave access to access to biometric databases Police.
In the UK, Home Office refused the opportunity to deny that registering for the scheme. A spokesman said: “Britain has an old partnership and is close to the US which includes sharing data for certain purposes. We are in routine discussions with them about new proposals or initiatives to improve public safety and allow legal trips.”
Under British law, the police can store the profile of individual DNA and fingerprint records for up to three years from the sample date taken, even if the individual is arrested but not charged, as long as the biometric commissioner agrees. The police can also submit an extension of two years. The same thing applies to those who are charged, but not punished.
According to reports, the US Enhanced Border Security Partnership (EBSP) initiative will be voluntary at first but is regulated to be mandatory based on the US Visa neglect program (VWP), which allows visa -free entering into the United States for up to 90 days, in 2027.
MEP Breyer said that when asked precisely what data would be used by the US, the answer was as much as possible. When asked what will happen at the US border if a traveler is known by the police in the participating state, it is said that this will be decided by US immigration officers based on cases per case.
Domestic security programs are part of the project to update the visa neglect scheme in which EU members and other European countries enjoy visa-free trips to the US under certain conditions.
Breyer noted: “I hope the European Union Commission and also the German government will reject the request of US authorities and not allow themselves to be squeezed.
If necessary, the visa neglect program must be ended by Europe as well. Millions of innocent Europeans are registered in the police database and can be exposed to a completely disproportionate reaction in the US.
The US does not have adequate data and protection of basic rights. Providing personal data to the US to present our citizens … to the risk of arbitrary detention and wrong suspicion, with the possibility of terrible consequences, in the journey of war against terror ‘. Protect our citizens from these practices, Breyer said.
