AVIATION Passenger name records

Commission wants passenger data on travellers from the US

By Toby Vogel - 08.04.2010 / 05:00 CET

EU-US data-sharing deal could be extended; Reding and Malmström meet US officials in Madrid.

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MEPs criticise behaviour of low-cost airlines

Parliament says ‘anti-competitive practices' are affecting regional airports.

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Swift

MEPs yesterday (7 April) presented the European Commission with a list of safeguards that they want included in any future deal on sharing bank-transfer data with the US. The safeguards include that the EU should filter the data to be received by the US to ensure it complies with privacy law. The European Parliament in February voted down a Commission-negotiated agreement that would have given the US access to data held by Swift, a consortium of international banks.

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