US-EU Talks on handing over of European Passengers Data unsuccessful
(Updated at 2020 PST)
By Zia Iqbal Shahid
Brussels: Another round of structured dialogue between the US and the
EU failed as negotiators from both sides could not reach any
breakthrough on the handover of personal information on European
airline passengers to US authorities.
US Homeland Security Undersecretary Asa Hutchinson met EU Internal
Market Commissioner Frits Bolkestein and Justice and Home Affairs
Commissioner Antonio Vitorino for talks on Tuesday over the use of
air passenger data to ‘prevent terrorists from entering the United
States’ could not show any sign of an agreement on a very contentious
issue which involves the respect of European privacy laws.
EU officials remained upbeat after the meeting, saying both sides
have agreed "to strive for an adequacy finding before the end of the
year", but no progress has been made on the commission's key concerns
regarding the transfer of data.
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