Details about biometric sharing with US too sensitive to share: EU

A UK nonprofit civil liberties organization claims it is being stonewalled by EU officials on information about biometric data-sharing between that coalition government and the United States.

Statewatch reportedly has been told by the European Commission that sharing information about the "enhanced border security partnership" outside of the governments involved cannot happen for security and diplomatic reasons.

As part of the partnership, nations (including the United Kingdom and Israel) must create direct connections between their biometric databases and the …

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