Airline plot revives EU data-sharing plan
EuropeanVoice / 08-01-2010
In response to thwarted attack on US flight, EU presidency urges more data-sharing between member states.
The Spanish presidency of the EU said today that it will seek increased sharing of airline passenger data between member states.
It said the step was part of its response to last month's failed terrorist attack on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.
“We should be able to share information between ourselves,” Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, Spain's interior minister, said.
He said Spain would revive a proposal, first presented by the European Commission in 2007, for the sharing of so-called passenger name record (PNR) data.
PNR is the data collected in airline reservation systems, and includes passengers' names and addresses as well as, potentially, other mor...
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