16.02.10
The use of full body scanners that produce a picture of passengers naked may be unlawful, the Equality & Human Rights Commission said. The 'naked' scanners, already in place at Heathrow and Manchester airports and to be rolled out across the UK starting later this month, may be breaking discrimination law as well as breaching passengers' rights to privacy, it said.
The scanners are being introduced in response to the attempt to blow up a US bound plane on Christmas Day. The Commission has written to Transport Secretary Lord Adonis raising its concerns. It has ‘serious doubts’ that the decision to roll them out in UK airports was legal. Its chief concerns are over how people are selected for the scans.
The DfT said security concerns meant scanners were needed immediately, but it was carrying out an equalities impact assessment.
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