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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 electronic
by bkor 7y ago
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.
- jacquesm 7y ago> 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?
- CaptainZapp 7y agoSame 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.