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Re:EU votes to create gigantic biometrics database by bkor on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @04:56AM (#19726692)
In Netherlands they make a copy of your fingerprint for your ID card (EU-wide) or passport. The copy of that fingerprint is deleted after it's stored electronically on your ID card or passport.

There's no need to store a copy of e.g. the fingerprint anywhere else. Just sign the electronic data on the ID card/passport.

Everyone here seems to assume that having biometric data on the passport means that there's a database somewhere, while that isn't needed.

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Re:EU votes to create gigantic biometrics database by jacquesm on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @04:59AM (#19726714)
> The copy of that fingerprint is deleted after it's stored electronically on your ID card or passport.

Do you have hard proof for that deletion step?

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Re:EU votes to create gigantic biometrics database by CaptainZapp on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @07:55AM (#19727676)
Same process applies in Switzerland.

You must apply in person for a new passport and your picture and finger prints are captured and integrated into the passport.

Fingerprints, however, are stored in a central database. This was (and is) extremely controversial and the official reasoning was verification in case a passport needs to be replaced.

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