Responding to the EU-US Negotiations on Reciprocal Data Exchanges for Border Procedures

The EU and US are negotiating the Enhanced Border Security Partnership (EBSP), which would mandate continuous transfers of European biometric and genetic data to US databases by 31 December 2026, with visa waiver revocation as the enforcement mechanism. The framework lacks adequate safeguards against automated profiling, purpose limitation, and independent redress, raising fundamental rights concerns that exceed the European Commission's negotiating mandate.

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