EU Approves Unified Full Body Scanner Regulations 225
OverTheGeicoE writes "The European Union has adopted a proposal to regulate airport body scanners at Member State airports. No Member State or airport is obligated to use scanners, but if they do, the scanners must conform to new European Union standards. Here's a partial list: Scanners must not store, retain, copy, print, or retrieve passenger images; the image viewer must be in a remote location; passengers must be informed how the scanners are being controlled; and can opt out if they choose. Perhaps most importantly: X-ray scanners are banned 'in order not to risk jeopardizing citizens' health and safety.'"
Re:Sometimes they get it right (Score:5, Funny)
Technically your "home country ideals" are actually french. US constitution borrows from ideals of French Revolution extremely heavily.
Hé, les américains! disparaissez de ma pelouse!
Re:I wish more people.... (Score:5, Funny)
I wish more people would opt out
I did. I just opted out of flying to the US altogether.
Re:EU still has some sense left, compared to US (Score:2, Funny)
Ah, yes, but our currency has a picture of a real proper God's anointed Queen on it, not a bunch of abstract squiggles and random Godless squinty-eyes like the Monopoly money they use in Japan. There's your difference right there.