EU hands airline data to US | The Register: "EU hands airline data to US
By John Leyden
Published Tuesday 1st June 2004 10:42 GMT
European Community officials signed off a deal to transfer airline passenger data (passenger name records, PNR) to the US authorities last Friday.
The controversial agreement goes into effect despite a vote by the European Parliament last month to refer the deal - which quite clearly breaches EU privacy legislation - to the European Court of Justice. By getting European foreign ministers to back the deal the Commission has pushed through the contentious proposals despite data privacy concerns."
