r/europrivacy • u/Loose_Cranberry_141 • 10d ago

Europe Should i be concerned for EES

I am traveling to Spain from a non-EU country, i will have to do the EES system, is this bad for my privacy?

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u/Angeldust01 9d ago

Depends, what do you consider "bad"?

https://travel-europe.europa.eu/ees/data-held-by-ees

Who can access your personal data?

  • Border, visa and immigration authorities in the European countries using the EES for the purpose of verifying your identity and understanding whether you should be allowed to enter or stay on the territory.

  • Law enforcement authorities of the countries using the EES and Europol for law enforcement purposes.

  • Under strict conditions, your data may be transferred to another country (inside or outside the EU) or international organisation (listed in Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 - a UN organisation, the International Organisation for Migration, or the International Committee of the Red Cross) for return (Article 41(1) and (2), and Article 42) and/or law enforcement purposes (Article 41(6)).

  • Transport carriers will only be able to verify whether short-stay visa holders have already used the number of entries authorised by their visa and will not be able to access any further personal data.

Pretty much every country on earth have the similar national systems in place. Never been a problem for me. Either you agree to those rules or you're not welcome.

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u/Shoddy-Childhood-511 9d ago

There is a loss of privacy anytime border controls become more digital, and yet more loss when they share data across borders, but EES maybe the "expected" loss of privacy for entering the EU.

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u/TheOfficialMayor 8d ago edited 8d ago

More shitter is you can't use it as a non EU non UK resident and have to queue with Brits with EU residence. Which is 90% of the benefit of this system to us gone as you still can't use the egates like an EU citizen as a non EU resident. The only visa waiver counties benefiting from this are UK and Israeli nationals on business trips and frequent weekend holidays. Australia, Canada, Japan, NZ, etc... get almost no benefit.