From Thursday 30 September 2004, all visitors to the United States will be electronically face-scanned and fingerprinted at the US border and a "lifetime travel dossier" will be held for up to 100 years on
From Thursday 30 September 2004, all visitors to the United States will be electronically face-scanned and fingerprinted at the US border and a “lifetime travel dossier” will be held for up to 100 years on the US-Visit programme. This includes all EU travellers who up to now have been exempt under the “Visa Waiver Scheme”. See: Privacy International report on the US-VISIT programme (pdf) and US-VISIT – Flows of data to and from the system (pdf)