Do travellers to the EU trust fingerprinting?
Date of article: 14/12/2015
Daily News of: 14/12/2015
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EUROPE
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Article language: en
English
14/12/2015
At a time when biometrics are increasingly being viewed as a potential solution to improving EU border management, around 4 out of 10 non-EU nationals at border crossing points said they were very comfortable with being fingerprinted, according to the results of a survey carried out by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). However, concerns over difficulties when there is wrong data, point to the need to ensure that such situations can be dealt with and that travellers are adequately informed about the use of biometrics, including what to do in case of errors.

