Under US Law and in accordance with an International Agreement between the European Union and the United States, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will receive certain travel and reservation data (PNR) about passengers flying between the European Union and the United States.
DHS has undertaken that it uses this information primarily for the purposes of preventing and combating terrorism and other transnational serious crimes. These and other data may also be used for checking against lists of passengers raising aviation security concerns.
The PNR information will be retained for at least three years and six months and may be shared with other authorities.
Further information about these arrangements, including measures to safeguard your personal data can be obtained from your airline or travel agent. [the airline or travel agent may then provide the information contained in the long version]
This Working Party was set up under Article 29 of Directive 95/46/EC. It is an independent European advisory body on data protection and privacy. Its tasks are described in Article 30 of Directive 95/46/EC and Article 15 of Directive 2002/58/EC.
The secretariat is provided by Directorate E (Services, Intellectual and Industrial Property, Media and Data Protection) of the European Commission, Internal Market Directorate-General, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium, Office No C100-6/136.
Website: www.europa.eu.int/comm/privacy
Frequently asked questions regarding the transfer of passenger information