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Privacy International: Petition to Council of Europe on government use of citizens biometrics

01 February 2011

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Privacy International: Petition to Council of Europe on government use of citizens biometrics (Online petition, link):

"European governments are increasingly demanding storage of biometric data (fingerprints and facial scans) from individuals. These include storing them on contactless 'RFID' chips in passports and/or ID cards. Some are going even further and implementing database storage of these biometric data too, e.g. France, Lithuania, and the Netherlands. These are inherently dangerous practices. (...) That's why we'll urgently ask Secretary General Jagland of the Council of Europe to request the countries involved to explain whether their national law on this subject is in line with the European Convention and ECHR court rulings."

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