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May 9, 2007

PNR deal ratification postponed by the Czech Senate

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The ratification by the Czech Parliament of the proposed agreement between the European Union and the Unites States of America on the processing and transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data has been taken off the agenda based on the position of the Green Party MPs. On […]

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April 9, 2008

PNR Data infringes human rights

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) The German Working Group on Data Retention expanded its activities beyond the data retention issues, by publishing two applications to the European Court of Justice by the European Parliament contesting the transfer of PNR data to the US. The documents explain why the collection of air passenger […]

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December 18, 2003

PNR: EU Commission negotiates breach of law

On 16 December the European Commission presented the long-awaited outcome of its negotiations with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on the transfer of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data to the U.S. As expected, the outcome is a foul compromise, creating a permanent breach of law. According to European data protection principles, personal data can […]

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May 24, 2011 · Blogs

Commission plans to present flawed, illegal PNR proposal as "fait accompli"

Last week, DG HOME of the European Commission internally distributed a copy of the upcoming Passenger Name Record(PNR) agreement with the United States. The purpose of the text is to agree terms for sending air traveller data to the USA for the purpose of profiling citizens as a method of fighting crime. DG HOME presented […]

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July 13, 2011

Recommended Action: PNR Postcard Campaign

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Mitmachen: PNR-Postkartenaktion | http://www.unwatched.org/EDRigram_9.14_Mitmachen_PNR-Postkartenaktion?pk_campaign=edri&pk_kwd=20110721] Write postcards during your holidays to the Members of the European Parliament and ask them to vote against the PNR-Agreements http://www.nopnr.org/pnr-postcard-campaign/ German version of the campaign (only in German, 6.07.2011) http://www.unwatched.org/20110706_Postkartenaktion_gegen_PNR

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September 13, 2006

European Parliament pressures EC in the EU-US PNR agreement

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A debate took place in the European Parliament (EP) on 7 September regarding the negotiation of a new interim agreement between EU and US on the issue of passenger name record (PNR) sharing. The very criticized agreement adopted in 2004 on EU-US personal data sharing was annulled […]

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May 19, 2004

EU to sign agreement on PNR transfer to the U.S.

With the approval on 17 May 2004 of the transfer of airline passenger’s personal data to the U.S., the Commission and the Council of the European Union have bluntly bypassed the European Parliament and Court of Justice. Daniel Cohn-Bendit, head of the Green/EFA Group in the European Parliament, said the decision was “ignoring the declared […]

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June 2, 2010

PNR used to investigate innocent travellers and turn them into suspects

This article is also available in: Deutsch: [Unschuldige Reisende werden mittels PNR überprüft und zu Verdächtigen gemacht | http://www.unwatched.org/node/1970] It has recently been revealed that UK Police secretly investigated the PNR (Passenger Name Records) data of 47 000 innocent people having travelled in and out of UK in 2009. Checks included scrutiny of the police […]

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October 17, 2011

EDRi organises European activist workshop on PNR

EDRi and nopnr.org are pleased to invite you to a public workshop on the transfer, storage and processing of passenger name records (PNR) with a keynote speech by travel expert and human rights advocate Mr Edward Hasbrouck on Monday, 17 October 7pm @EDRi’s offices Rue Montoyer 39 8th floor 1000 Brussels The keynote speech will […]

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January 28, 2004

PNR: Bolkestein's diplomacy and anger Belgian DPA

MEP Marco Cappato has revealed a letter EU Commissioner Bolkestein sent to Tom Ridge, the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security. The letter was sent on 18 December, only two days after Bolkestein had given his presentation in which he tried to mislead the European Parliament on the true nature of the agreement on the transfer […]

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June 30, 2004

EDRI signs TACD resolution against PNR-transfer

On his last day as President of the European Parliament, Pat Cox finally decided to give in to the demands from the Legal Affairs committee and the majority of political group leaders. The European Parliament has now asked the European Court of Justice to annul the recently signed EU-U.S. agreement on transfer of airline Passenger […]

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October 11, 2006

ENDitorial : PNR & Institutional Mechanisms of Privacy Protection

(Dieser Artikel ist auch in deutscher Sprache verfügbar) A small detail on the EU-US agreement over the transfer of air passenger name records (PNR), and a non-related statement by US president George W. Bush, taken together give a nice highlight on the institutional mechanisms of privacy protection. EU Commissioner Frattini told the press on 6 […]

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