Thursday, March 22, 2012

New EU Agency to Manage State-run Biometric Databases

Agency headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia (
A new European Union agency – tasked with managing large-scale information technology systems that hold millions of records related to migration and security, including biometric data – will be inaugurated by EU home affairs commissioner Cecilia Malmström in Estonia tomorrow.
Databases include:
♦ Schengen area travel documents
♦ Visa applications
♦ Asylum cases


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