Americans Traveling To Europe Will Be Fingerprinted

Wombat said:
Why is it a problem? Malaysia takes a copy of your thumb when you enter the country. So what?

What are you doing that makes giving your fingerprint a problem?


Doesn't your passport have a photo of your face? Why isn't that a problem?
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Who are you addressing? I haven't traveled to or from anywhere that this was a requirement therefore didn't know that it ever was, ergo the post and the question that simply asked your thoughts?
@Aunt Bea
 
OneEyedDiva said:
Starting October 12th of this year, the ruling takes affect. I never desired to visit Europe, so it won't affect me. Read on:
Americans Will Have To Get Fingerprinted Traveling To Europe Starting October 12
Your thoughts?
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My thoughts are, is this a deliberate misinterpretation or just a mistake?:

The link you have provided, titled "Americans Will Have To Get Fingerprinted Traveling to Europe Starting October 12" is actually a link to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security press release from 2009! It describes how the U.S. takes the fingerprints of visitors to the U.S., which, as far as I'm aware, started in or around 2004. The link you provided has nothing to do with American citizens traveling to Europe.

If I, a citizen of the United Kingdom (outside of the European Union) visit the U.S., I have my fingerprints taken. My additional thoughts are, why hasn't the UK started taking the fingerprints of U.S. citizens visiting the UK.

It seems to me that the EU is modernising border checks to fall in line with the U.S. system.

Is this old news though? Didn't the EU introduce this last year? Not this year, as you say?

What might my thoughts be on the EU, and parts of the wider world, finally catching up with the U.S. on this matter? I’m still wondering…
 
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Now I'm glad I easily seen a lot of the world with just my ID and without fear of being detained. We're not getting closer, we're growing further apart. Madness.
 
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I've been finger-printed dozens of times... work related stuff... I'm kinda' past the point of caring about doing that.
I do, however, have a huge mental block against giving up DNA.
 
So now not only will I be fingerprinted when visiting the U.S., but as of October last year, fingerprinted in the E.U. too.
The only question left is, which government or government organisations do I trust less with my personal data? The EU or US?

With so many U.S. citizens distrusting their own government, regardless of which party is in power, it does make me wonder…

At least my own government in the UK doesn't seem to be interested in my fingerprints -- so that's good.
 

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