News item | 21-04-2023 | 5:00 PM
Customs is increasingly using cameras and drones to combat smuggling and the associated subversive crime. In order to strengthen the basis for the use of these camera images, State Secretary for Finance Aukje de Vries (Executions and Customs) has sent a bill on the processing of personal data at Customs to the House of Representatives.
Customs uses cameras in various places for its supervision. This concerns, for example, ports and airports. Lately, Customs has also been using drones more and more. Drones are used, among other things, to recognize snatchers: people who illegally take drugs from containers in the port. The camera images may contain personal data, such as license plates. That is why the State Secretary wants to further strengthen the foundations, safeguards and preconditions for the use of these camera images.