EU agrees to provide APIS data to USA

The European Commission formally agreed yesterday to provide the Department of Homeland Security and officials from the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection in the USA with data on airline crew and passengers flying from Europe to destinations in the USA. This was against the wishes of the European Parliament, which voted three times against the deal.

The 34 data fields which will be made available are listed on the last page of the document of agreement, which you can read here (pdf file, 70 KB). They include the traveller’s address, contact phone numbers, full payment information, e-mail address, and bag tag numbers.

Should be enough to allow the Department of Homeland Security and US Customs to find out all about you.

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