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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, Home Office minister Damien Green has... Read more

2 March, 2012 by Sade Laja

EU proposes airline passenger data law

...given details of proposed legislation that will compel airlines to hand over passenger information to EU member states. Under the Commission's proposals, announced on... Read more

3 February, 2011 by Tom Espiner

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
Boeing to deliver much-delayed Dreamliner

Boeing to deliver much-delayed Dreamliner

...on 8 July, 2007, the plane was supposed to begin carrying paying passengers by 2008. But after years of delays of all kinds, the Dreamliner... Read more

26 September, 2011 by Daniel Terdiman

Heathrow brings in facial-recognition scanners

...Passengers going through terminals one and five at Heathrow will have their faces... Read more

22 July, 2011 by Sade Laja

Home Office seeks to beef up biometric security

...by efforts to change the EU directive that restricts the collection of passenger name records for travellers coming from outside Europe. The government believes it... Read more

13 July, 2011 by Mark Say

Airline eyes iPads for in-flight entertainment

...batteries after each flight to continue usage for the next route of passengers. For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Jetstar's iPad... Read more

9 March, 2011 by Luke Hopewell

IBM wins interim border security deal

...as the pilot for e-Borders, and has been used to profile passengers on flights and boat trips in and out of the country using... Read more

28 October, 2010 by Kable

Virgin Atlantic lets airborne passengers use mobiles

Some passengers on Virgin Atlantic can now make mobile phone calls, send and receive... Read more

14 May, 2012

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

London Overground passengers to get free Wi-Fi

...provide an hour's worth of free Wi-Fi a day to passengers on the London Overground. Image credit: TfL Wi-Fi access will be... Read more

26 March, 2012 by David Meyer
<endeca_term>Passenger</endeca_term> 4.1.1

Passenger 4.1.1

Passenger is a server account creation and password generation tool that will import... Read more

9 December, 2011

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
Pervasive Multimedia Guidance System for Special Needs <endeca_term>Passengers</endeca_term> on Public Transport

Pervasive Multimedia Guidance System for Special Needs Passengers on Public Transport

...a practical case of a pervasive multimedia guidance system for public transport passengers. In order to provide useful information to passengers, the system is capable... Read more

6 March, 2012

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