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Aena Hit with €10M Fine Over Biometrics
Spain’s airport operator, Aena, has found itself at the centre of a major privacy row after being hit with a €10 million fine for the way it rolled out its facial-recognition boarding system. The sanction, imposed by Spain’s Data Protection Agency (AEPD), is one of the largest the regulator has ever issued – and Aena is anything but happy about it. The programme in question allows passengers to… Source
The Spanish Agency for Data Protection (AEPD) has imposed a fine of more than 10 million euros on Aena for deploying facial recognition systems without having previously made a valid impact assessment that, among other issues, examines the necessity, suitability and proportionality of the measure.The airport manager has announced that he will appeal the sanction to the courts and that he understands that the resolution is not in accordance with …
The supervisor ensures that the program was implemented without assessing its impact. The manager disagrees with the sanction and will appeal against it.
Data protection suspends biometric treatment at airports by finding that the airport manager created a centralized database to identify travellers when less intrusive alternatives existed
The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has fined the airport manager Aena because of its biometric boarding program. These systems take a...
Spanish Airports Ordered To Shut Down Biometric Boarding Gates, Airport Operator Slapped With €10 Million Fine
Spain’s data protection watchdog has slapped the nation’s airport operator, Aena, with a €10 million fine and ordered it to shut down biometric boarding gates across the country after finding that the company did not complete a data protection impact assessment before installing the gates. Aena started a pilot program to look at the feasibility… The post Spanish Airports Ordered To Shut Down Biometric Boarding Gates, Airport Operator Slapped Wit…
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