Weird times.
The rapid introduction of full body scanners at British airports
threatens to breach child protection laws which ban the creation of
indecent images of children, the Guardian has learned.
Privacy campaigners claim the images created by the machines are so
graphic they amount to "virtual strip-searching" and have called for
safeguards to protect the privacy of passengers involved.
Ministers now face having to exempt under 18s from the scans or face
the delays of introducing new legislation to ensure airport security
staff do not commit offences under child pornography laws.
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jan/04/new-scanners-child-porn-laws>Link
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