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Passenger data accord breaches rights, say Greens

The latest EU agreement for airlines to automatically transfer European personal passenger data to the US authorities breaches fundamental European human rights, a study... Read more

14 March, 2012

Passenger data pact is 'too broad' says watchdog

...draft data agreement that allows US authorities to hold European citizens' airline passenger data for up to 15 years has been criticised by European Union... Read more

13 December, 2011

EU and US sign draft passenger data pact

...government have agreed to give European member states more control over air passenger data. The European Union and the US government have agreed a draft... Read more

18 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner

EU proposes airline passenger data law

...the 27 countries in the EU, which presently have different approaches to passenger data. "The proposal obliges air carriers to provide EU member states with... Read more

3 February, 2011 by Tom Espiner

UK signs up to share air passenger data with US

The UK has opted in to the EU passenger name record agreement with the US, minister Damien Green has confirmed Read more

2 March, 2012 by Sade Laja

Met police requests to TfL for passenger data hit 22,000

Over the past four years, London police officers have asked thousands of times for Oyster card usage details and other personal data, and the annual tally has risen by 15 percent Read more

10 February, 2012 by Sade Laja

Europe rubber stamps data-sharing agreement with US

...The European Union has approved a pact on the exchange of air passenger data with the US. The new pact was disowned by its rapporteur... Read more

20 April, 2012

EU data laws force e-Borders compromise

...able to refuse entry to EU citizens and their family members whose passenger data is not available to the £1.2bn e-Borders system. In... Read more

8 April, 2010 by Kable

EU-US passenger data row heats up

...sort out an agreement with Washington over the thorny issue of airline passenger data. Commissioner Bolkestein was quizzed on Monday by the European Parliament about... Read more

3 December, 2003 by Jerome Thorel

Court outlaws EU-US passenger data transfer

The European Court of Justice judgement follows six pleas by the European Parliament, but it only goes so far Read more

30 May, 2006 by Lars Pasveer

US prevails in air-travel data row

...Parliament, the European Commission has formally decided to declare the transfer of passenger data between the EU and US to be satisfactory. After dialogue and... Read more

19 May, 2004 by Jerome Thorel

Passenger data row forces EU-US showdown

...sort out an agreement with Washington over the thorny issue of airline passenger data. Commissioner Bolkestein was quizzed on Monday by the European Parliament about... Read more

3 December, 2003 by Jerome Thorel

MEPs seek delay to passenger data vote

...The committee responsible for European air passenger data policy has asked the European Parliament to postpone a vote that... Read more

9 March, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Gov't battles EU over use of air-passenger data

...government is battling EU proposals to restrict the way it uses air-passenger data to monitor immigration. The Home Office has claimed that the names... Read more

11 August, 2008 by Nick Heath

US to keep EU passenger data for 15 years

...in exceptional circumstances," according to the European Commission letter which sells our passenger data down the river. The letter goes on to say that EU... Read more

26 July, 2007

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