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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 24 Sep 2014

    Is @schiphol airport breaking EU law? They told me today that I could not opt of the full-body scanner. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02010R0185-20140409 … Via @alloy

    4:23 AM - 24 Sep 2014
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      2. Cyriel‏ @mindcrash 24 Sep 2014
        Replying to @aral

        Cyriel Retweeted Daniel J. Bernstein

        @aral They actually are and they do not seem to care a single bit: https://twitter.com/hashbreaker/status/510552968912191489 … (RTed this a few weeks ago)

        Cyriel added,

        Daniel J. Bernstein @hashbreaker
        Today gave AMS screeners 6-page http://blog.cr.yp.to/20140912-schiphol.pdf …: EU opt-out law they're violating. They said they don't care. pic.twitter.com/FzQzKCmgXB
        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 24 Sep 2014
        Replying to @mindcrash

        @mindcrash Thank you. What are next steps. Who do we complain to about @schiphol apparently blatantly breaking EU law? +@MarietjeSchaake

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Cyriel‏ @mindcrash 24 Sep 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Think it requires some form of action from Brussels. (Guess @MarietjeSchaake can indeed probably help there)

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 24 Sep 2014
        Replying to @mindcrash

        @mindcrash Cyriel, if you have some time, can you try and find other reports/people, who have been affected by/experienced this?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Cyriel‏ @mindcrash 24 Sep 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Yeah, I'll go ahead and put that on my todo list later tonight.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 24 Sep 2014
        Replying to @mindcrash

        @mindcrash Thanks, man, appreciate it :)

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      8. End of conversation
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      2. Maia Elliott‏ @DNAtrx 25 Sep 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral how was your 'extensive manual body search'?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 25 Sep 2014
        Replying to @DNAtrx

        @maia_elliott I wasn’t given the option but I’m sure it would have been an unforgettable bonding experience.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Maia Elliott‏ @DNAtrx 25 Sep 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral But now that Schiphol has formally extended the invitation, I think it would be rude to decline..?

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 25 Sep 2014
        Replying to @DNAtrx

        @maia_elliott I’ll grab a nice bottle of Spätburgunder and some dining candles and head right over. #romantic

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. End of conversation
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      2. Christian Glockner‏ @mfkne 24 Sep 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral You can opt out, they may be pushy at Schiphol, but they have to let you opt out. Even says so on their website.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 24 Sep 2014
        Replying to @mfkne

        @mfkne In which case the security at @schiphol flat out lied to my face and said either I go through the scanner or I couldn’t fly.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Christian Glockner‏ @mfkne 24 Sep 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Yep, next time ask for a supervisor or choose a different lane.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 24 Sep 2014
        Replying to @mfkne

        @mfkne I would have pushed further if I wasn’t about to miss my flight.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. End of conversation
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      2. Schiphol‏Verified account @Schiphol 24 Sep 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Please feel free to file a complaint emailadres: klachten.hhtz.kmarspl@mindef.nl. Make sure your flightdetails are in the email.2/2^DG

        2 replies 3 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Schiphol‏Verified account @Schiphol 24 Sep 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Hi, You do have the right to refuse a full bodyscan @Schiphol. If you do so, you will be subject of an extensive manual bodysearch.1/2

        3 replies 4 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Paul-Olivier Dehaye‏ @podehaye 24 Sep 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @Schiphol @alloy Will print and ask later today!

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Eloy “Durán” Durán‏ @alloy 24 Sep 2014
        Replying to @podehaye

        @podehaye @aral @sjmaple Also check 4.1.1.10 (b) “reviewer […] shall be in a separate location so [they] cannot see the […] passenger”

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Paul-Olivier Dehaye‏ @podehaye 24 Sep 2014
        Replying to @alloy

        @alloy @aral @sjmaple I knew this, but in pretty much every airport this is not respected

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Simon Maple‏ @sjmaple 24 Sep 2014
        Replying to @podehaye

        @podehaye @alloy @aral I haven't seen a single on where it has been respected, and I travel quite a bit with my job.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. End of conversation

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