US wants direct access to the police biometrics databases of EU states

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7 points·mm321··3 comments

Not an expert on GDPR but can't imagine privacy strict EU agreeing to this.

US shutting down visa waiver for EU would be dumb as the Consulates are already swamped and absolutely cannot handle that level of B1/B2 visa applications (the wait times are already 1 year+ around the world).

This would hurt US travel and tourism.

Europeans aren't going to riot if they lose visa waiver to US.

So American business suffers, EU looks strong standing up for privacy against the bully, and EU can still offer visa waiver to inbound Americans. Call their bluff.

I think that law enforcement is treated as an exception by the GDPR, see the link. I am not sure that a police database would be regulated by the GDPR, by 'virtue' of being related to law enforcement.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Data_Protection_Regula...

Or the EU keeps acting as it always does in playing the northern hemisphere's whore. They simply agree in that, fill their own pockets with a share they get from the deal and sell the common people.

Ursula von der Ehrm-Leien always takes care that the most precious people in the EU (herself) are treated well and don't have to fear any political decisions while the common people have to excuse for every minor issue. She, Uschi, is well above the salary level where you don't have to face any consequences and fear law enforcement.

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