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EU: Article 29 Working Party on data protection: Scheme does not meet the tests of necessity and proportionality: Serious concerns regarding proposed Entry Exit System

18 June 2013

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"In its opinion the Working Party highlights that the added value of an Entry Exit System to achieve its aims is not a sufficient test to prove its necessity and its proportionality in terms of its impact on fundamental rights. The Working Party’s opinion furthermore calls into question whether the Entry Exit System can be effective in achieving its own stated aims. Even if it were accepted that the proposed system provided significant added value, the opinion concludes that the added value of the Entry Exit System to achieving its stated aims does not meet the threshold of necessity which can justify interference with the rights under Article 8 of the EU Charter of Fundamental rights. Furthermore, the opinion expresses that the added value of the proposed system is not proportionate to the scale of its impact on fundamental rights in relation to each of its aims, and that alternatives exist to meet its aims."

- Press release (pdf)
- Opinion (pdf)

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