13 June 2011
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EU-PNR: Analysis of proposed PNR Directive exposes absent or minimal data protection and privacy safeguards (Amberhawk, link)
"The proposed PNR Directive, if implemented by Member States in its current form, promises a low level of data protection and the absence of obvious privacy safeguards. The Directive permits a system of data protection regulation for PNR data that is fragmented and role of the data protection authority that can be minimised by Member States. There are also particularly weak provisions relating to transparency.
The current text allows Member States the flexibility to transfer PNR data to any third country on the grounds of political expediency and national security aspects are excluded from the Directive’s reach. The PNR Directive is currently being redrafted to extend its reach to internal flights within the EU. As usual, a full set of references and downloads at the bottom of the blog."
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