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Boosted by aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan"):
statewatch@mastodon.world ("Statewatch") wrote:

1/ A new EU plan could expand access to personal data for US immigration and law enforcement.

This proposal document (see article) was released without a press announcement or much mention at all, yet it contains alarming plans.

Under the US's Visa Waiver Program (VWP), countries whose citizens can travel to the US without a visa already have to let US agencies search their police databases to see whether travellers have been involved in terrorism or serious crime.

A person with eyes censored stands with a placard, "HTTP410 privacy gone". Next to this, text reads "New EU plan could expand access to your personal data for US law enforcement."
A section of the proposal document provides background on the Visa Waiver Program and outlines that the proposal for data sharing would concern information including biometric data stored in the national databases of Member States.