European Parliament's Committee Approves Proposal for an EU-wide Passenger Name Records Directive

On July 15, 2015, the Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) of the European Parliament has approved the draft EU rules on sharing and protecting the Passenger Name Record (PNR) data of people flying to or from the EU, and its use by member states and Europol to fight terrorism and serious transnational crime. This data must only be used to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute these crimes, said MEPs, inserting safeguards to ensure “the lawfulness of any storage, analysis, transfer and use of PNR data”.