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EU's data protection working party produces damning report on EU-US exchange of passenger data

28 March 2012

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The EU Article 29 data protection working party has produced a highly critical report on the proposal for the passing of passenger data to the USA.

1. Article 29 working party: Opinion on Adequate Protection of Personal Data (pdf)

2. This Opinion is based on the US undertakings dated 12 January see: Full-text of undertakings (pdf)

The working party has also produced an Opinion on the Australian system for handling passenger data:

3. Article 29 working party: The level of protection ensured in Australia for the transmission of Passenger Name Record data from airlines (pdf)

4. EU-Canada: Article 29 Working Party on data protection report on transfer of passenger name records (PNR) to Canada: Canada PNR (pdf)

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