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Australians' personal data could soon be accessible by US agencies. Here's why (www.sbs.com.au)

submitted 22 hours ago by zero_gravitas@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone

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[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

This is a significant escalation from existing arrangements, at least officially:

Biometric sharing programmes already exist between Five Eyes countries (New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom) as part of Migration Five arrangements but typically operated on a 'hit/no-hit' basis where initial biometric checks provided minimal information, and further data requests were considered on a case by case basis.

But EBSPs could provide full automated access to other countries' national databases, according to critics and minutes from European Union member state negotiations.

From: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/trumps-america-wants-access-to-australian-biometric-data/ftomgcy5j

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 hours ago

Yup. This is dark as fuck. Full automated profiling of citizens from other nations, by agreement.