Details of travellers, including addresses, phone numbers and even credit card information, would be retained by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in a new draft agreement between the United States and the Union European, the Guardian learned in a draft report leaked to the paper.
Last week, the Senate adopted a resolution which scolds the EU freely for not sharing data on passengers more.
Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, Senator Joe Lieberman, said at the time: "Terrorists want still to use planes as weapons of mass destruction against us," and that United States "simply cannot accept" any hindrance of the efforts made by the European Union.
Under the agreement, the United States will also ask airlines to provide these personal data up to 96 hours prior to flight departure. The current system requires airlines to provide the so-called passenger name record 72 hours prior to departure, which allows Customs to American analyze lists of terrorists watch and databases before departure for.
"The keeper of the reports that the accord" recognizes that there will be occasions when people are delayed or prevented from flying because they are identified as a threat and gives them the right to the application for judicial review to the Federal Court. ?
The agreement sets out also what to do in a breach of security or loss of data. Surprisingly, the agreement also recognizes the inevitability of racial profiling. Sensitive personal data, for example, ethnic origin or political opinions, can we used in "exceptional" when a life is in danger.
Germany and the France have already raised concerns on the agreement, while Britain has already opted in.
It is noted that the EU has its own system to keep this type of data, but it is only stored for 5 years.
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