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French biometric passport database causes concern

CaulcuttApril 16, 2012

The French government is creating a massive database of biometric passport holders, potentially, all French citizens could appear on it. Rights groups say the initiative clearly infringes on civil liberties and want the project scrapped. France’s highest court banned police from using the database but it stopped short of having the file destroyed

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Author: Clea Caulcutt, Paris