Brussels, 14/06/2013 (Agence Europe) - The attack on individuals data protection rights by the obligation to take fingerprints contained in EU Regulation 2252/2004 on biometric passports is proportionate to the objectives of the regulation and does not affect the validity of the regulation itself.
That was the substance of an opinion given by Advocate General Paolo Mengozzi to the European Court of Justice on 13 June in case C-291/12 to a point put to the Court of Justice by the...