Comment by varjag
10 years ago
Both the UK and the USA border authorities share their biometric databases like gossip girls. Even when there's (5, 10 year) limit on the records, the safe bet it's been shared with rest of the globe and make endless circles via law enforcement cooperation.
I figure my fingerprints will be in the system decades after I die.
The UK police are infamous for clinging on to biometric data for years and years after courts have ordered said data destroyed.