Policy Observatory

Access comments the EU revised proposal on airline passenger data sharing

Tue 21 Apr 2015, 14:40

On 26 February 2015, MEP Timothy Kirkhope presented to the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties (LIBE) a revised draft of the European Union Passenger Name Records proposal (see revisions here).

Unfortunately, this latest revision to the PNR proposal doesn’t make many improvements when it comes to protecting private information. To make matters worse, several MEPs have proposed extending this type of data collection to other means of transport. This reinforces our concern that adoption of the PNR proposal could lead to the normalisation of mass surveillance, spreading to other areas of EU citizens’ personal life.

Tags: flight data, passenger name records, EU PNR proposal, anti-terrorism, fundamental rights, LIBE Committee, mass surveillance, personal data, privacy, EU, proposal, revision

Introductory remarks by Commissioner-designate Sir Julian King to the LIBE Committee

Mon 12 Sep 2016, 21:20

Sir Julian King introductory remarks are available here.

Tags: speech, introductory remarks, LIBE Committee, European Commission

Last EP Committee opinion on copyright reform balances civil liberties with political reality

Mon 29 May 2017, 14:40

This articles reflects whether the LIBE amendments would meet the goal of respecting fundamental rights of users while also regulating agreements between platforms and rightholders.

Tags: fundamental rights, report, European Parliament, LIBE Committee, copyright reform