Brussels, 14/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 14 November, the European Commission adopted new rules authorising the generalised use of body scanners in EU airports, together with safeguards regarding health and privacy. These European rules do not make it obligatory for airports to deploy body scanners, but where these exist, they must be brought into line with a number of standards.
Body scanners, or security scanners, as the Commission now calls them, have come in for much criticism...