New Agreement: EU Citizens' PNR Data Covered by U.S. Privacy Act
European Union citizens will be protected by the U.S. Privacy Act under an anti-terror deal with Washington on the sharing of trans-Atlantic air passenger data, the EU's top justice official said Monday. Seeking to dispel concerns over a possible erosion of privacy, EU Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Franco Frattini told EU parliamentarians that the binding deal, backed by envoys from the EU's 27 nations two weeks ago, provides for a high level of data protection.
EU citizens to be covered by U.S. Privacy Act under passenger data sharing deal, Associated Press, July 9, 2007.
