EUROPEAN COMMISSION PUSHES FOR GLOBAL PASSENGER NAME DATA SYSTEM
October 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A POLICY paper released by the European Commission has stated principles it wants written into any future European Union (EU) passenger name record transfer agreements with governments across the world. The EU has already secured three such deals - with the USA, Canada and Australia, and there will be more agreements: "The use of PNR data is growing and is increasingly seen as a mainstream and necessary aspect of law enforcement work," said the paper. As a result, the Commission has laid down principles it wants included within such ...
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