Fingerprinting at UK airports?
Discussion
Not sure if this is the correct forum for this query.
Does any one know if this fingerprinting at airports is still going on even for those on domestic flights?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1580993/Hea...
If it is then if I board a plane at Manchester direct to Nice it seems I won't be fingerprinted but if I have to fly to Heathrow or Gatwick to connect with a flight to Nice as I would if I flew British Airways, then I would be fingerprinted.
They say the prints would be destroyed after 24 hours and are not passed to police but how do we know that is true?
I recall some time ago reading that kids prints were collected at a school in order " to check what books they were reading at the library" or "to check what meals they were eating at the canteen"
There was a big fuss at the time as folks saw this as yet another method by which the state could have all of us fingerprinted.
Anyone heard or experienced anything on this?
Thanks
Does any one know if this fingerprinting at airports is still going on even for those on domestic flights?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1580993/Hea...
If it is then if I board a plane at Manchester direct to Nice it seems I won't be fingerprinted but if I have to fly to Heathrow or Gatwick to connect with a flight to Nice as I would if I flew British Airways, then I would be fingerprinted.
They say the prints would be destroyed after 24 hours and are not passed to police but how do we know that is true?
I recall some time ago reading that kids prints were collected at a school in order " to check what books they were reading at the library" or "to check what meals they were eating at the canteen"
There was a big fuss at the time as folks saw this as yet another method by which the state could have all of us fingerprinted.
Anyone heard or experienced anything on this?
Thanks
Bohally said:
If you've got nothing to hide I don't see the problem...
A bdisation of the Joseph Goebbels quotation "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear" Defending the erosion of privacy and civil liberties, by quoting a NAZI who was responsible for the death of millions of innocent people, is a tad telling.
AndrewW-G said:
Bohally said:
If you've got nothing to hide I don't see the problem...
A bdisation of the Joseph Goebbels quotation "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear" Defending the erosion of privacy and civil liberties, by quoting a NAZI who was responsible for the death of millions of innocent people, is a tad telling.
when you enter or leave the uk through an airport your passport details are recorded, what difference does it make if your identity is confirmed by fingerprint? if your passport matches your identity the government knows the same about your travel as they did before. ive been fingerprinted probably 100 times or more, i'm still not sure how my 'freedom has been eroded'?
fbrs said:
when you enter or leave the uk through an airport your passport details are recorded, what difference does it make if your identity is confirmed by fingerprint? if your passport matches your identity the government knows the same about your travel as they did before. ive been fingerprinted probably 100 times or more, i'm still not sure how my 'freedom has been eroded'?
I think the theory is that the prints are given to the police. I have no idea why though.Bizarrely, I have no issue at all with 'A' print being taken at random when walking through check in or security and then being verified at the gate.
If I travel 12 times (I live in Glos) I assume they may get all my fingerprints?
If they do, then my lawyer (legal aid as I live in Glos) will rip them a new one?
Not sure quite what the main problem here is? You cannot hav eit both ways.....
If I travel 12 times (I live in Glos) I assume they may get all my fingerprints?
If they do, then my lawyer (legal aid as I live in Glos) will rip them a new one?
Not sure quite what the main problem here is? You cannot hav eit both ways.....
Slaav said:
Bizarrely, I have no issue at all with 'A' print being taken at random when walking through check in or security and then being verified at the gate.
If I travel 12 times (I live in Glos) I assume they may get all my fingerprints?
If they do, then my lawyer (legal aid as I live in Glos) will rip them a new one?
Not sure quite what the main problem here is? You cannot hav eit both ways.....
if 'they' really wanted your prints there are easier ways of getting them!If I travel 12 times (I live in Glos) I assume they may get all my fingerprints?
If they do, then my lawyer (legal aid as I live in Glos) will rip them a new one?
Not sure quite what the main problem here is? You cannot hav eit both ways.....
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