Recent news that the U.S. Justice Department obtained telephone records for two months covering more than 100 journalists working for the Associated Press has prompted lawmakers to propose new statutes meant to strengthen protections against the kinds of requests that our Jeff Kosseff described as “undermin[ing]” the “entire Fourth Estate.”Continue Reading New Statutes Proposed in the Wake of AP Spying Scandal
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European Data Protection Authorities Concerned About PNR Agreements
Posted in European Union
The Article 29 Working Party, comprising data protection authorities from each of the EU Member States and the European Data Protection Supervisor, has reiterated concerns about aspects of Passenger Name Record (PNR) agreements between the EU and the US, Canada and Australia. Under the agreements, airlines must allow authorities in…
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EU Commission Proposes Mandatory Transfer of Passenger Name Records
Posted in European Union, International
The European Commission has proposed a Passenger Name Record Directive that would require airlines to provide EU Member States with data on passengers arriving from, or departing to, countries outside the EU. Under the proposal, copies of such PNR data held on an airline’s reservation system would be transferred to…
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