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UK to share fingerprint data with other countries

Posted on August 21, 2009July 3, 2025 by Dissent

The UK is to share fingerprint information with Canada and Australia, with the US and New Zealand to follow soon, the Home Office said today. The collaboration will make it easier to detect people with criminal histories in other countries, speed up deportations and establish previously unknown identities, the Home Office said. The new data-sharing…

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Bank fingerprinting goes much too far

Posted on August 3, 2009July 3, 2025 by Dissent

The Nashua Telegraph editors have published an editorial opposing the use of the Thumbprint Signature Program for bank security. They write, in part: There is no reason to doubt Bank of America’s claim that the fingerprints are kept on check images stored only on the bank’s computers, and that those images are never provided to…

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