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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.'"
...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.
liqbase
Biased or not, the part saying
...especially when one considers that the right of redress held by U.S. citizens is not extended to E.U. citizens...
is, to me, the real killer. Not only should our info (as collected by our governments or their representatives) be given to someone not under the control of our own governments, we will also have no rights with regards to the collected information once it reaches the other party.
I think it is a very Good Thing (tm) that the EU is trying to fight this.
Love over Gold.
> So a few people have to suffer for the good of all. I'd rather be safe than free!
Those saying that always means that someone else has to suffer. The notion of self-sacrifice does not occur to them.