[IP] New US/EU passenger name records treaty leaked

[James Cox]

Dave,

Some thoughts on this from a UK/EU citizen perspective:

So, there are 36 data points being collected (as opposed to the 19  
bandied about). This is bad but it gets worse - All data (including  
topics such as personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin,  
political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union  
membership, and data concerning the health or sex life of the  
individual) is to be transmitted, with the DHS systems filtering this  
out. But not really, because it's still accessible in cases of peril  
to the individual.

Oh, and the data is kept *active* for 7 years, for analytical  
purposes (how many times have you been in the US in the past 7 years?  
Did you like the hotel .... ) further, the data is kept in a  
*dormant* state for 8 years. Except that the actual manner of  
deleting the PNR data is yet to be discussed, so it may not actually  
happen. Plus, in the next 15 years, there will be at least two  
different presidents, multiple Secretaries of Defence, Homeland  
Security and State, a possibly entirely different kind of EU.

As a country we've restricted the suspension of Habeas Corpus to only  
28 days. We have the D. P. A. for managing and restricting access to  
such personal data. But it's OK if you travel to the US - expect  
fingerprints, iris scans, and your family history to be stored on  
accessible and semi accessible databases for 15 years.

Our liberties and rights get eroded, just a little bit, every day.  
Soon we'll be lucky to have a name rather than just an identity.

James

On 4 Jul 2007, at 18:57, David Farber wrote:

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>Begin forwarded message:
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>From: "Erich M." <me at quintessenz.org>
>Date: July 4, 2007 1:15:54 PM EDT
>To: dave at farber.net
>Subject: FYI: New US/EU passenger name records treaty leaked
>
>Dave,
>
>The new passenger name record  agreement between the US and the EU has
>been leaked. The draft treaty text looks ready for a closing. A  
>foreign
>office spokesperson here in Vienna confirmed that, so this should be
>more or less identical to the final version.
>
>The letter from the EU presidency to COREPER dated june 28 includes  
>the
>draft agreement on PNR plus the US position in ANNEX2.
>
>Full text [English]
>
>http://quintessenz.org/d/000100003891
>
>Analysis of the new treaty in German [from today]
>http://futurezone.orf.at/it/stories/204742/
>
>The gist: The new "push" system demands even more data from EU  
>passenger
>databases. What Mr. Frattini told the public about "reduction" is a
>blatant swindle: more has been packed into the 19 points of the new  
>PNR
>agreement than the previously equired 34 datafields contained.
>
>The withdrawal of the US from the Amadeus pnr data base comes at a  
>dear
>price to the Europeans: They have to deliver more and better
>pre-structured data, fitting to the technical requirements of the DHS.
>So data mining will much easier for DHS, as correct data extraction is
>the first critical step to get the results desired.
>
>Credits go to Tony Bunyan from statewatch.org who dug out that draft
>agreement.
>cu
>Erich
>
>
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