Unhappy MEPs to approve passenger data deal

EUObserver reported that the freshly re-negotiated Passenger Name Record (PNR) agreement on the transfer of personal data of travellers flying from Europe to the US was still raising privacy concerns in the autumn of 2011. But a veto by the European Parliament was seen as unlikely.

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