BrusselsUS authorities want read access to Europe’s police databases.
Governments that refuse the deal risk expulsion from the US visa-free travel programme.
US queries may use alphanumeric data or fingerprints but no longer face images, and answers can include biometric photographs.
European Data Protection Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiórowski warns of mass biometric transfers and wants search grounds read narrowly.
The framework deadline runs to the end of 2026, then each government negotiates its own implementing agreement.
How each outlet framed it
- netzpolitik.org leans critical
- highlights that the German government is keeping its negotiations on the US data deal secret from parliament, and that the EDPS demands limits on biometric transfers
Sources: netzpolitik.org