Tag Archives: Justice and Home Affairs,Privacy / data protection,Terrorism

ALDE: “Only a European PNR system would close security gaps”

The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament considers that today’s deal on the collection of passenger data (PNR) does not bring the security citizens may expect and regrets that the key issue of insufficient informa…

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NSA scandal: US assurances not enough to dispel spying suspicions

NSA scandal: US assurances not enough to dispel spying suspicions
Following today’s publication by the European Commission of its assessment of the functioning of the Safe Harbour Agreement and on Rebuilding Trust in EU-US Data Flows in light of the recent data mining scandals, Sophie In’t Veld (D66, Netherlands), Vice President of Parliament’s Civil Liberties and Home Affairs committee was both sceptical and critical:

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EU-US Terrorism Finance Tracking Programme agreement is a dead letter

ALDE is calling for a debate with the Commission on the implementation of the EU-US Terrorism Finance Tracking Programme (TFTP) agreement, given the alarming conclusions that have emerged from the second monitoring of the Joint Supervisor…

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