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EU demands access to details of all UK drivers: ‘Orwellian’ move to hand out personal information to foreign police forces

Posted on January 8, 2013 by pogowasright.org

There are days when I envy EU data protections. Then there are days when I’m glad we’re not part of the EU.  James Slack reports:

Brussels is demanding that 26 police forces across the EU should have access to the personal details of every motorist in Britain.

The Government is being threatened with fines totalling millions of pounds unless it obeys the ‘Orwellian’ edict.

Foreign police also want open access to the UK’s national DNA database and fingerprint records so they can check them against crime scenes and camera footage.

MPs and civil liberties groups fear identity mistakes will lead to Britons being accused of crimes they have not committed.

Read more on The Daily Mail.

Category: Non-U.S.Surveillance

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