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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10068

2 February 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
Viviane Reding reiterates her opposition to body scanners and announces forthcoming revision of data protection directive

Brussels, 01/02/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 28 January, the European commissioner-designate for justice, fundamental rights and citizenship, Viviane Reding, reiterated her opposition to the obligation to carry out checks on passengers using body scanners in airports as part of the fight against terrorism. “I am convinced that body scanners have a considerable privacy-invasive potential”, she told the European Parliament, at the fourth European Data Protection Day. “Their...

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