GERMANY STAGES APPARENT PNR DATA U-TURN
October 1st, 2014
The German government believes that a Europe-wide system for the retention of passenger flight data "may have added value for counterterrorism" and is prepared to support an EU directive to this effect, a spokesperson for the German federal internal affairs ministry has told Jane’s Airport Review. Explaining an apparent change of policy on PNR (passenger name records), where Germany had for many years stressed the right to privacy, the ministry official said that "PNR data may be used to identify travel movements (including departures) and thus help draw ...
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