High-tech passports which record iris prints and fingerprints on computer chips could be open to abuse, a Midland MEP has warned. The European Union has announced plans to introduce the new biometric passports, which contain detailed personal information, across all member states. The move was welcomed yesterday by MEP Michael Cashman (Lab West Midlands), but he warned that safeguards were essential. Mr Cashman is a member of the European Parliament's civil liberties, justice and home affairs committee, which conducted an investigation into the proposals.

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