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Responding to the EU-US Negotiations on Reciprocal Data Exchanges for Border Procedures
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20 July 2026
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Fusion42 · 20 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
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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◆ The Wire takeaway
European founders and any business processing EU citizen data have 18 months to understand that this deal changes the legal ground under your feet: biometric and genetic data now flows to US systems with weaker redress, and the automated profiling rules you must comply with under the AI Act don't apply once the data lands in America. Start mapping your data residency and processing chains now—your compliance architecture may need to isolate EU citizens' data or face operating under two contradictory legal regimes.
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Identity & Access · data-sovereignty · border-security · biometric-sharing · gdpr-compliance · us-eu-relations · fundamental-rights