Here in Brazil the government just fingerprints everyone when they go make an ID card, which they need for everything. No one makes a fuss.

Europe still remembers the 20th century.

Most people in the UK were happy at the idea of ID cards. There was a vocal group opposing them, but it wasn't a huge group.

The thing that finally killed ID cards in the UK wasn't privacy or technical limitations, but the cost to anyone who wanted one. At £30 most people didn't care. At £100 the scheme died.

Point noted. I guess 'Europe' is a blanket term. This is different to the attitude in Germany & France I feel, but I may have a skewed view, mostly interacting with hackers when I am over there.

You don't have to enter Disney World if you don't want to. It's a private commercial business.

That is one of the reasons I wrote the post. I was completely unaware of the scanning that was required of my family. Also, there is no 'Privacy Policy' for park admissions (like for a website). They are not required to say what they will use the data for or how long they will keep it.

Indeed. And I can't understand how the EU itself is OK with its citizens being forced to hand over their biometric information to a foreign government.

Ah wait, it's OK, they're the good guys.