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January 16, 2013 · Blogs

EU PNR directive gets funding before being adopted

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [EU PNR-Richtlinie zur Fluggastüberwachung: Erst finanzieren, dann verabschieden | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_11.1_EU_PNR-Richtlinie_zur_Fluggastueberwachung_Erst_finanzieren_dann_verabschieden?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20130125] The European Parliament (EP) Civil Liberties Committee is to vote, by the end of January 2013, on the controversial EU-Passenger Name Record (PNR) directive proposal introduced in February 2011 that has already been examined by the three EP […]

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November 7, 2007

EC plans to profile all passengers in and out EU

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Commission(EC) put forward on 6 November 2007 a PNR plan that is almost similar to the EU-USA PNR (Passenger Name Records) agreement. The EU PNR plan is part of a new package of proposals “aimed at improving the EU’s capabilities in the fight against terrorism.” […]

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April 25, 2012

EU Parliament agrees to EU-US PNR Agreement

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Europäisches Parlament stimmt PNR-Abkommen mit den USA zu | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_10.8_Europaeisches_Parlament_stimmt_PNR-Abkommen_mit_den_USA_zu?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20120507] On 19 April 2012, MEPs decided on the controversial EU-US Agreement on the use and transfer of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data to the US Department of Homeland Security. A motion for a resolution asking for an opinion […]

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July 15, 2015 · Blogs

Press release: European Parliament pushes for more surveillance and profiling of EU citizens

Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) of the EU PNR proposal, European Digital Rights (EDRi) statement: Today, the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties (LIBE) Committee adopted a proposal for the long-term storage of passengers on all flights entering and leaving the EU. The data will be used for profiling of innocent individuals as possible serious criminals. Two years […]

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January 29, 2020 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Data protection standards | Privacy and confidentiality | Profiling practices

CJEU to decide on processing of passenger data under PNR Directive

On 20 January 2020, the District Court of Cologne, Germany, submitted to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) the question whether the European Passenger Name Record (PNR) Directive violates fundamental rights. EDRi member Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF, Society for Civil Rights) initiated the proceedings against the directive, which allows for authorities to […]

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September 8, 2016 · Blogs

European Court Opinion: Canada PNR deal cannot be signed

Today, on 8 September 2016, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) gave his Opinion confirming that the agreement between EU and Canada to share Passenger Name Records (PNR) data is not fully in compliance with European law. It’s shocking to note that all the EU’s others PNR instruments […]

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November 16, 2011

Will the new flawed EU-US PNR agreement be approved by the EP?

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Wird das EU-Parlament dem katastrophalen PNR-Abkommen mit den USA zustimmen? | https://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.22_Wird_das_EU_Parlament_dem_katastrophalen_PNR_Abkommen_mit_den_USA_zustimmen?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20111116] In May 2011, the European Commission’s Legal Service said the EU-USA PNR agreement on the transfer of personal data of travellers flying from Europe to the US was not compatible with fundamental rights. Five months later […]

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August 30, 2006

PNR data could be shared with European governments

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) Despite the recent decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the annulment of the EU-US deal on Passenger Name Records PNR data, the European Commission is trying to push for PNR data to be shared also with the secret services of the European governments for […]

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October 22, 2008

The PNR scheme entirely changed by the European Council

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The European Council has started re-writing from scratch the European Commission’s proposal for an EU-PNR scheme as a result of several EU governments’ intention to go further in this matter. Some European governments, with the UK in the lead, want to extend the PNR scheme used now […]

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September 9, 2015 · Blogs

Romania: After PNR, a proposal for retention of tourist data

On 15 July 2015, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) of the European Parliament narrowly voted in favour of the EU Passenger Name Record (PNR) Directive proposal (32 in favour, 26 against, no abstentions), a mass surveillance measure to collect and process air traveller data for profiling purposes. This came after […]

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December 9, 2015 · Blogs

Civil Liberties Committee preliminary vote on EU profiling of airline passengers

The European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) will vote on Thursday 10 December to adopt the informal text agreed on the EU Directive on the use of of Passenger Name Records (EU PNR Directive). A second committee vote, followed by a vote of the European Parliament’s plenary are expected in […]

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September 25, 2019 · Blogs | Privacy and data protection | Surveillance and data retention

Why EU passenger surveillance fails its purpose

The EU Directive imposing the collection of flyers’ information (Passenger Name Record, PNR) was adopted in April 2016, the same day as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The collection of PNR data from all flights going in and out of Brussels has a strong impact on the right of privacy of individuals and it […]

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