Doubts over EU Parliament s new fingerprint plan
The European Parliament s new system would cost more than €100,000 (Photo: EFF Photos)
Brussels, 1. Apr, 07:04
The European Parliament s plans to replace the current paper-based MEPs attendance control system with a digital register, based on a fingerprint scanner, raises critical concerns, the EU data protection watchdog has warned.
The parliament s bureau, responsible for the budget and administration, decided in 2019 that the central attendance register should be digitalised - following a voluntary test phase.
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