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EU - USA: US Department of Homeland Security: Privacy Office: A report concerning Passenger Name Record information derived from flights between the US and the European Union

01 January 2009

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US Department of Homeland Security: Privacy Office report(pdf).

Using a ludicrously small number of samples, ie, six to seven, the DHS Privacy Office found that:

- "requests for PNR took more than one year to process" - far exceeding the legal time limits in the US Privacy Act and Freedom on Information Act and there were "inconsistencies" as to which "information was redacted" (censored);

- individuals requesting "all data" are not given their PNR data;

- as a result of the majority of individuals who should have been sent their PNR data were not

- there was a large backlog of unanswered requests because of lack of staff.

For background see: Can you really see what records are kept about your travel? (Edward Hasbrouck's blog)
and Statewatch's Observatory on the exchange of data on passengers (PNR) with the USA

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