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"The agreement on automated data exchange for police cooperation, known as ‘Prüm II aligns with a broader EU trend of laws prioritising national security over human rights. The final text of this regulation has insufficient fundamental rights safeguards and could even encourage more member states to adopt facial recognition technology."
"The inclusion of facial images and a low threshold for crimes pose problems against recent Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) case law: in Tele2 Sverige, the ruling distinguished between the handling of data for the purpose of preventing serious crimes and the prevention of minor offences or the efficient management of non-criminal proceedings."
