Passports

• Intrekkingen beginnen vrijdag voor personen die $100.000 of meer verschuldigd zijn, en zullen vervolgens worden uitgebreid naar zij die $2.500 of meer verschuldigd zijn. • Het Amerikaanse ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken zal beginnen met het intrekken van de Amerikaanse paspoorten van duizenden ouders die een aanzienlijk bedrag aan onbetaalde kinderalimentatie verschuldigd zijn. • Het departement liet donderdag aan de Associated Press weten dat de intrekkingen vrijdag zouden beginnen en gericht zouden zijn op hen die $100.000 of meer verschuldigd zijn.

The limited-edition versions will place the US president’s portrait inside cover alongside declaration text and flag motifsUS politics live – latest updatesThe United States government, marking 250 years of independence from a monarchy, will this summer issue passports featuring a large photograph of its most senior leader’s face.The limited-edition documents, billed as a commemoration of America’s 250th anniversary of independence, will display Donald Trump’s photograph on the inside cover, surrounded by the text of the Declaration of Independence and the US flag, with his signature rendered in gold. A separate page features the famous painting of the founding fathers signing that very document. Continue reading...

Eurail, which sells passes, says data being ‘offered for sale on dark web’ after December breach affecting 300,000 peopleHolidaymakers across Europe are facing the stress and expense of getting new passports after their personal data was posted on the dark web after a hack of the Interrail company Eurail.Personal data, including passport numbers, names, phone numbers, email and home addresses and dates of birth of more than 300,000 European travellers was accessed in December. But this week Eurail revealed to customers that “data copied during the security incident has been offered for sale on the dark web and a sample dataset has been published on Telegram”. Continue reading...