EU: European Commission's Legal Service says EU-USA PNR agreement is "not compatible with fundamental rights" - Scope covers minor crimes: "proportionality of the agreement in question" - Retention period goes far beyond that of the
EU: European Commission’s Legal Service says EU-USA PNR agreement is “not compatible with fundamental rights”
– Scope covers minor crimes: “proportionality of the agreement in question”
– Retention period goes far beyond that of the Agreement with Australia
– Agreement extended to cover US border security: “which is not linked to the purpose of preventing terrorism or serious crime”
– “no judicial redress to data subjects”
– “no guarantee of independent oversight”
– Legal Service advice ignored
See: Note from Commission Legal Services to DG Home Affairs (18.5.11, pdf), EU-US PNR Agreement (20.5.11, pdf) and Air passenger data plans in US-EU agreement are illegal, say lawyers (Guardian, link, pdf). For Background: (2003 – ongoing) Statewatch Observatory on the exchange of data on passengers (PNR) with USA