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EU: Annual report by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) on Eurodac

01 July 2010

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EU: Annual report by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) on Eurodac: Coordinated Supervision of Eurodac: Activity Report 2008-2009 (pdf). Among the conclusions are:

- Information for data subjects: "Member States should improve the quality of the information on data protection for data subjects, which should contain all items laid down in Article 18 of the Eurodac Regulation. The information provided to the data subject should cover the rights of access and rectification as well as the procedure to exercise these rights, including information both about the data controller who should deal primarily with requests for access and rectification and about the national Data Protection Authority as the competent body to give assistance to the data subject where necessary."

- Assessment of the age of asylum seekers: "Member States should ensure that the declaration of the asylum seekers on age is not disregarded in the procedure and that these statements are given an appropriate legal status and value, similar to the ones based on the results of medical examination. The argument that statements made by asylum seekers may not be correct or even be untrue should be weighted against the fact that medical examination as such may also lead to incorrect results or mistakes."

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