Swedish privacy watchdog opposes police proposal to use passport biometrics

Sweden’s law enforcement agencies are pushing to increase the use of biometrics in their work after a spew of gang-related violence rocked the Nordic country. The country’s data privacy watchdog has now released an opinion on the police proposal to use biometric data stored in the Swedish passport register to crackdown on crime.

In a report released last week, the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) said that the proposals were “very far-reaching” and carried significant privacy risks. Using the …

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