Press Release: Passenger Name Records: MEPs back EU system with data protection safeguards

The European Parliament's civil liberties committee approved on 15 July 2015 draft rules on sharing and protecting the Passenger Name Record (PNR) data of people flying to or from the European Union, and its use by member states and Europol to fight terrorism and serious transnational crime

Members of the committee stated that this data should only be used to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute these crimes, inserting safeguards to ensure 'the lawfulness of any storage, analysis, transfer and use of PNR data'.

The rapporteur was given a mandate to start negotiations with the Council of the European Union regarding these draft rules, aiming at a consensual text.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: EU PNR http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-pnr/

ESO: Background information: Passenger Name Record and data protection talks should go hand in hand, MEPs say http://www.europeansources.info/record/passenger-name-record-and-data-protection-talks-should-go-hand-in-hand-meps-say/

EurActiv, 16.07.15: Passenger name record law passes first hurdle in Parliament http://www.euractiv.com/sections/infosociety/passenger-name-record-law-passes-first-hurdle-parliament-316354

EUObserver, 15.07.15: MEPs back blanket collection of airline passenger data https://euobserver.com/justice/129658

Politico, 15.07.15: Passenger data plan clears EP committee http://www.politico.eu/article/passenger-data-europe-commission-ep-committee-council-mep-german/

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