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MEPs back controversial deal to give air passenger data to US
A controversial deal enabling the long term transfer of EU air passenger data to U.S. authorities as part of the global fight against terror was finally approved Thursday in the European Parliament.
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BBC News, EU | Text of the agreement | 04-19-2012
Although airlines already collect a great many details on passengers, from phone and credit card numbers to meal preferences and medical conditions, now they will transfer that data to the US Department of Homeland Security.
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This agreement unfortunately does not meet our standards, it does not protect the rights of European citizens, they do not have adequate means of legal redress, and therefore unfortunately we cannot adopt this agreement,
”—Dutch Liberal-Democrat MEP Sophie in 't Veld
Members of the European Parliament agreed by 409 votes to 226 to let the US Department of Homeland Security see data on the Passenger Name Record (PNR), under strict controls.
The agreement, intended to replace a provisional accord from 2007, sets the legal conditions for the transfer of air passengers' personal data to the US Department of Homeland Security.
Controversial
Many questions remain about how the information will be used, how long the US will keep it, and who else might have access to it. Some MEPs fear the deal sets a precedent and ask how the EU would respond if China or Russia asked for the same information, BBCs correspondent in Brussels report.
The US authorities say they will "employ automated systems to filter and mask out sensitive data from PNR".
What is an PNR?
In the travel industry, a passenger name record (PNR) is a record in the database of a computer reservation system (CRS) that contains the itinerary for a passenger, or a group of passengers traveling together. The concept of a PNR was first introduced by airlines that needed to exchange reservation information in case passengers required flights of multiple airlines to reach their destination ( - s
Primary source â–º Text of the agreement
Further reading â–º Passenger name record (Wikipedia
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