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+title: Swiss "Freedom Campaign" against biometric passports
+date: 2008-07-20 00:00:00 
+updated: 2009-12-13 00:49:28 
+author: frankro
+tags: update, biometrie, switzerland
+
+The Chaos Computer Club (CCC) wishes to draw attention the all-party referendum committee against biometric passports and identity cards in Switzerland.
+
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+Under [www.freiheitskampagne.ch](http://www.freiheitskampagne.ch/), an
+alliance of various parties and members of parliament is appealing for
+the collection of signatures for a referendum against the comprehensive
+biometric registration of Swiss citizens.
+
+The alliance is critical of compulsory fingerprinting, which will be
+required for the issue of both passports and identity cards. The
+biometric data, comprising fingerprints and a photograph of the face,
+will be stored in a central government database and private
+corporations, such as airlines, will have access to the fingerprints
+stored on the chip.
+
+With its campaign against fingerprints in identity documents, the CCC
+has helped to ensure that in future passports, fingerprints will only be
+included with the express wish of the applicant.