US Expands Airport Biometric Data Collection

athloi sends word of an expansion of the US-VISIT program that now requires two fingerprints from foreign visitors arriving at scores of airports. Beginning later this year the US will be testing a system that collects 10 digital fingerprints, at 10 major points of entry. A US Homeland Security director assured EU officials that the program would operate under strict privacy rules. But he noted that the FBI and CIA will have access to the biometric data, which over time may expand beyond fingerprints.

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Strict Privacy Rules

[Arclight17]

Are these the strict privacy rules like the ones in the Valerie Plame case? Or the ones currently surrounding the office of the (non-executive) VP?

But seriously, if this could link into INTERPOL & other databases of fingerprints, this might actually be helpful for those who end up in those 10 ports of entry