ALDE calls for extra guarantees on the EU-US PNR agreement
17/04/2012
The ALDE Group decided that extra guarantees are required on the EU-US PNR agreement, due to be voted this Thursday in the European Parliament during its plenary session.
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Rapporteur In 't Veld: EP fails European citizens by endorsing EU-US agreement on passenger data
27/03/2012
European Parliament rapporteur Sophie in 't Veld (D66, Netherlands) considered today's endorsement of the EU-US Agreement on the transfer of Passenger Name Records (PNR) by the Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) a blow to civil...
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EU-Australia PNR agreement to get green light
27/10/2011
Today the European Parliament granted its consent to the conclusion of a new agreement with Australia on the conditions ruling the transfer of Passenger Name Records (PNR). Liberals and Democrats from the very beginning of debate...
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ALDE succeeds in getting tighter rules on use of passenger data
23/09/2011
From the beginning of the debate on the transfer of air passenger data in 2003, Liberals and Democrats have led the fight for better protection of personal data transferred to third countries. Yesterday EU Ministers of Justice...
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Commission 'options' for EU Terrorist Finance Tracking fall short of promised legislation
13/07/2011
The European Commission today is due to present a communication on different options for an EU Terrorism Finance Tracking System (EU TFTS) following last year's deal with the European Parliament in return for approving an...
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EU data retention directive should be scrapped
18/04/2011
The European Commission today adopted a report assessing application of the Data Retention Directive (Directive 2006/24/EC) approved amid much controversy in 2006 which requires Member States to ensure that telecommunications...
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Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme is not respecting data protection safeguards
05/03/2011
Europol’s supervisory body has just published a report on the implementation of the EU-US TFTP agreement (Terrorism Finance Tracking Programme), the so-called SWIFT agreement. The conclusions by the Joint Supervisory Board...
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Improvement in transfer of Passenger Name Record data within the EU
02/02/2011
Following today's Commission adoption of a directive on the use of Passenger Name Record data within the EU (EU PNR) which aims at strengthening protection of personal data and other fundamental rights, ALDE MEP Sophie IN'T VELD...
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ALDE Calls on Commission to clarify issue of US Government Wikileaks subpoenas
11/01/2011
The ALDE group will examine tomorrow an Oral Question to the Commission on the US subpoenas in relation to Wikileaks and their conformity with EU data protection rules and ask for a debate in plenary on the issue.
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European Parliament sets its priorities ahead of EU-US summit
11/11/2010
Commenting after today´s (Thursday 11 November) vote on the European Parliament's position on the forthcoming EU-US Summit and Transatlantic Economic Council, UK Liberal Democrat MEP Sarah Ludford, Vice Chair of the Parliament's...
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