US Government Secure Flight May Violate EC Privacy Laws
Although Secure Flight does not apply to foreign airlines, it may involve privacy violation of European citizens traveling on US airlines. This was one of the observations of Peter Schaar, a European data commissioners. Commissioner Schaar said that no one knows how Secure Flight is going to work and whether it will not include or exclude Eurpoean Union citizens. He said that the EC Data Protection Commissioners had "huge" concerns about this proposed travel security program.
Legalities Loom Over Passenger Screening, Kansas City Star, November 19, 2004
