Biometric passports

Romania is one of the first country to introduce biometric passports that include fingerprints, while even in the EU countries a strategy for the personal data protection in this respect is still unclear.

The electronic passport comes up with a series of novelties among which the most important is the introduction of an electronic data storage computer chip that includes all personal data existing in the e-file: given name, family name, personal numeric code, and document's term of validity, the issuing body, and citizenship. As well, this chip contains biometrics such as the facial recognition and two pair fingerprints recognition.

Related links: Romania- Protests against biometric passports

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