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BRUSSELS — The European Union’s designated justice chief rejected the idea of forcing EU airports to install body scanners, citing travelers’ right to privacy.
Viviane Reding said the use in the EU of body-scanning equipment should be voluntary.
“Our needs for security can’t justify every violation of privacy,” Reding told a European Parliament confirmation hearing Tuesday in Brussels. “Citizens aren’t objects; they are human beings.” Bloomberg News
