LAW ON EU PASSENGER NAME RECORD USE PROPOSED BY BRUSSELS
January 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers and MEPs will over the next two years debate a newly proposed law authorising the use of air passenger name data by security and law enforcement teams across the EU. There is currently no such legislation, although this data is demanded by some non-EU countries, such as the USA, Canada and Australia. Under proposals released by the European Commission, this data would have to become anonymous within one month of a flight, and cannot be retained in any form more than five years. A Brussels note said: "Data that ...
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