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Re:Manchester (England) Airport's body scanners scrapped by agwa on Monday September 17, 2012 @12:23PM (#4533286)
Really? Less than a year ago the EU adopted new regulations that required member states to allow passengers to opt out:

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/1...

(see paragraph 6)

Re:Manchester (England) Airport's body scanners scrapped by semanticist on Monday September 17, 2012 @12:35PM (#4533354)
They're certainly telling people that there's no opt-out - I guess most people who turn up to the airport don't have the luxury of refusing the scan, being turned away, and then taking the government (or airport operator) to court.

The current UK government isn't what you'd call EU-friendly, either.