E.U. Preps for Fight over Passenger Data

narramissic writes "Following last week's signing of a new temporary agreement to pass over airline passenger data to American authorities last week, European Union parliamentarians are gearing up for a fight over data privacy. Sylvia Kaufmann, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), commented that 'The fact that the CIA, an agency whose activities, torturing and kidnapping, this house is investigating in a special committee, will have access to passenger data is the real scandal, especially when one considers that the right of redress held by U.S. citizens is not extended to E.U. citizens.'"

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I just read something...

[LiquidCoooled]

...which might make this data thing seem like childs play.

Theres an article currently on the BBC about possibly tagging passengers during flights and around the airport.

Come in number 5, your time is up.

Re:nothing like examining something on its merits

[From A Far Away Land]

"why such a blatantly pointed statement is considered "news for nerds""

As a nerd/geek, let me tell you that I object to having my digital, or real life rights trampled on so that I can be legally tortured. Heard of Maher Arar? If not, you may want to look that name up and see what the American government did to him based on faulty intelligence shared with them after he was pulled off a plane in New York.