Debate on the use of body scanning technology in airport security
10/02/2010
Vice-President Siim Kallas, EU Commissioner for transport, today addressed the European Parliament on the use of body scanning technology in airport security, as part of a broader debate on the operation of intelligence services in the context of counter-terrorism strategies. In setting out the timetable for the debate on the regulation of body scanning technology, the Vice-President underlined that "to fight terrorism targeting civil aviation we need a variety of combined and coordinated measures – intelligence, profiling, different search methods and international cooperation. He stressed that "body scanning technology is not a panacea," and said that questions relating to the value-added of this technology to airport security, as well as health and privacy issues, needed to be looked at very seriously.
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Press release: Siim Kallas on the use of body scanning technology
- EU aviation security and passenger screening technologies – frequently asked questions [MEMO/10/34, 10/02/2010]
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Speech by Vice President Kallas in the plenary joint debate on
body scanners and the operation on intelligence services in the context of
counter-terrorism strategies
