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EU: Rapporteurs on the Visa Information System send letter to Commissioner Frattini concerning data protection

01 November 2007

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In the wake of the UK scandal with the loss of the personal details of 25 million people the rapporteurs on the Visa Information System (VIS) and the Schengen Information System II (SIS II) in the European Parliament, Sarah Ludford and Carlos Coelho, have sent a letter to Commissioner Frattini: Letter to Frattini (pdf)

"The data protection challenges presented by the large scale biometrics data bases, such as VIS, SIS II and Eurodac, is compounded by giving law enforcement access to these data-bases."

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