Rejected petition: Do not go ahead with finger printing & biometric scanning at airports & boarders
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Unless entering a country illegally there is no warrant for finger printing and biometric scanning of the population.
Fingerprinting & scanning at airports & borders raise significant privacy concerns regarding data storage, potential misuse & the risk of compromised biometric information.
While these technologies are presented as security measures, they can be seen as intrusive and potentially infringe upon civil liberties.
These systems can also produce false positive matches leading to delays or complications for travellers.
The data is vulnerable to hacking or misuse if not properly secured. There are concerns about how this data is stored, who has access to it & for how long it's retained.
It raises concerns about mass surveillance & the potential for government overreach.
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.
UK citizens leaving or entering the UK do not need to provide fingerprints or other new biometric information at the UK border.
Other countries may require biometric scanning upon entering or leaving. Decisions about entry or leaving requirements for other countries are a matter for those countries, not the UK Government or Parliament.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.