The iBorderCtrl project has piloted a prototype of the ‘Intelligent Border Control’ system. An Italian journalist reported that of the 16 questions she truthfully answered when participating in the trial, the ‘deception detection’ component falsely assumed that she was lying four times. (1) .

1. On average, what proportion of participants were flagged as likely ‘liars’ by the ‘deception detection’ component, and what was the proportion of false positives among all answers identified by the ‘deception detection’ component as probable ‘lies’?

2. Are certain groups of people (e.g. people of colour, women, the elderly, children, people with disabilities) more likely than others to be falsely reported as liars by the ‘deception detection’ technology?

3. Why have the full results of the pilot tests not yet been published and when will they be published?