Data Protection Commissioner Peter Schaar has rejected a proposal to implement passenger profiling in German airports, calling the idea unreasonable and unsupportable in any legal sense, reports Deutsche Welle. The CEO of Dusseldorf Airport and new president of the German Airport Association, Christoph Blume, is recommending passenger profiling based on age, gender and ethnic background, among other criteria, to combat terrorism. According to the report, he has supporters. But critics say the dangers outweigh the possible benefits, and one believes the plan would be unconstitutional. Blume's proposal was also rejected by German Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, who said it would contravene German and European anti-discrimination legislation.
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