Eurodac
The Dublin Convention, which was signed by all member states on 15 June 1990, regulates which state is reponsible for an asylum case. For this reason, the member states decided to create an EC-wide system to collect and store the fingerprints of asylum seekers ('EURODAC'), which permits good identification of all applicants.
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The member countries are responsible for the legitimate use of personal data. A special authority was created besides the national supervisory authorities, which is composed of no more than two delegates from each country. It is required to monitor the central unit with regard to data protection. It checks the legal safeguards of EURODAC and performs audits.
The data protection commission examined the responsible authorities in Austria, the federal asylum authority (Bundesasylamt) and the federal criminal police office (Bundeskriminalamt) in the years 2005-2007. Eurodac appears to work well. The data protection commission has not received a single complaint. The European Data Protection Supervisor has examined the central unit of EURODAC.
Reports of the Eurodac Supervision Coordination Group
Eurodac Supervision Coordination Group
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has a special body to supervise Eurodac, the .