Thursday, December 10, 2009

EC needs new agency for three-headed security database - But don't give it to Interpol, warns data supervisor

EC needs new agency for three-headed security database


By Joe Fay

The European Data Protection Supervisor has called for a new agency to be set up to oversee the massive three-horned citizen watching database proposed by Brussels earlier this year.

The Commission in June proposed an agency - "responsible for the long-term operational management of the second-generation Schengen Information System (SIS II), Visa Information System (VIS) and EURODAC.