Schengen system raises privacy concerns

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System contains personal data of EU citizens and can be accessed via 500,000 terminals

EU-wide computer network may have security problems It is believed that confidential information on British citizens could be accessed via 500,000 terminals all hooked up to an EU-wide computer n...

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