EU Calls For Stricter Conditions on Sharing of Airline Passenger Name Records

On October 19, 2010, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) issued an opinion on the European Commission’s communication on the transfer of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data to third countries. The Communication provides the EU external strategy on PNR and sets forth the general principles, including a set of data protection standards, on which any PNR agreement with a third country should be based...(more)...