EU-USA: PNR deal
01 June 2006
1)
Commission negotiation proposal for new deal
2)
Commission review on the operation of the agreement
3)
Termination of present agreement
4)
Current US "undertakings"
5)
Opinion of the Article 36 Working Party of Data Protection Commissioners (pdf)
PNR (passenger name record) Treaty annulled by Court of Justice in case brought by the European Parliament:
Full-text of Judgment (pdf) and
European Data Protection Supervisor: Comments on ECJ judgment on PNR:
"seems to create a loophole in the protection of the European citizen since it is no longer assured that data collected for commercial purposes but used by police are protected by the data protection directive"