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Deutsch: Erste Abstimmung im EU-Parlament über PNR-Abkommen mit den USA

The latest chapter in the collection and processing of passenger data to cover all flights arriving in and departing from the US was opened when, in 2011, the European Commission tabled a renegotiated proposal for an air passenger data agreement with the US. After the attacks of 9/11, the US Government required to access travellers' personal data contained in the databases of all foreign carriers.

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Deutsch: Details zum geplanten US-EU PNR-Abkommen durchgesickert

On 17 November 2011, U.S. and EU officials initialled a proposed agreement to authorize airlines to forward passenger name record (PNR) data to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

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Deutsch: Wird das EU-Parlament dem katastrophalen PNR-Abkommen mit den USA zust...

In May 2011, the European Commission's Legal Service said the EU-USA PNR agreement on the transfer of personal data of travellers flying from Europe to the US was not compatible with fundamental rights. Five months later a new, but similarly flawed version, is now presented to the European Parliament.

With the US side having kept pressing the EU on finalising the PNR agreement, a new slightly changed version is now under discussion.

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Deutsch: EP: Fluggastdaten-Abkommen mit Australien beschlossen

As expected, the European Parliament (EP) gave its consent to the agreement on Passenger Name Records with Australia (yes 463, no 96, abstentions 11) on 27 October 2011.

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Deutsch: Europäische Aktionswoche gegen Fluggastüberwachung

Credit card details, hotel bookings, IP addresses, mobile phone numbers, and travel details: all this information is currently being transferred to law enforcement agencies in third countries. The storage and automatic processing of our data is supposed to enable law enforcement agencies to identify "unknown" suspects and to profile citizens as possible terrorists or people-traffickers.

On 17 October 2011, EDRi and nopnr.org organised a public workshop with a keynote speech by U.S.

EDRi and nopnr.org are pleased to invite you to a public workshop on the transfer, storage and processing of passenger name records (PNR) with a keynote speech by travel expert and human rights advocate Mr Edward Hasbrouck

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Deutsch: Mitmachen: PNR-Postkartenaktion

Write postcards during your holidays to the Members of the European Parliament and ask them to vote against the PNR-Agreements
http://www.nopnr.org/pnr-postcard-campaign/

German version of the campaign (only in German, 6.07.2011)
http://www.unwatched.org/20110706_Postkartenaktion_gegen_PNR

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Deutsch: EP-Debatten zu internationalen Fluggastdatenabkommen

At the European Parliament (EP) plenary session on Monday 4 July 2011, a debate took place regarding the current development of passenger name records (PNR) agreements with the United States, Canada and Australia. The debate attracted a very large number of speakers.

Opening the debate, Cornelia Ernst (GUE/NGL, Germany) raised broad concerns regarding necessity, proportionality and the need for a ban on profiling.