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Daily Dashboard | Proposal would require biometric info for EU citizens' ID cards Related reading: Evolving privacy law 'exciting' for IAPP Westin Scholar

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Reuters reports the European Commission has proposed including biometric information on EU citizens’ identity cards. The Commission’s proposal is a move to eliminate paper-based documents that can be easily forged. Under the proposal, identity cards will contain an image of two fingerprints and a facial image. Countries would not be forced to use identity cards, however the cards of those that do would have to contain those images. Green MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht said the proposal could end up violating citizens’ civil rights. “Even fingerprints can be forged and terrorist assassins and their henchmen regularly obtain weapons and financial means without presenting an identity card,” Albrecht said.
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