Civil Rights Organisations Criticise automated data exchange for police cooperation (Prüm II Proposal)
The European Digital Rights (EDRi) network published a position paper on the proposed Regulation on automated data exchange for police cooperation, known as “Prüm II”. This currently primarily consists of a data-sharing network (interlinking national DNA, fingerprint and vehicle registration databases). It foresees the expansion of the data-sharing network to the interconnection of facial images and, on a voluntary basis, “police records”. The position paper raises several critical issues of t