The USFederal Bureau of
Investigationis seeking British co-operation
in setting up an internationally accessible biometric database of
known and suspected criminals and terrorists.
Police sources said they were in discussions about the so-called
Server in the Sky project, according to news sources. The database
would carry fingerprint and iris prints as well as other personal
data on people.
According to
reports, the US, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand, have
formed a working group, the International Information Consortium,
to plan their strategy.
A similar European initiative, the
Prüm Convention, for law enforcement officials to exchange
suspects' personal data, including DNA profiles, has been
strongly condemned by the
European
Data Protection Supervisor, Peter Hustinx.