Fears over plan to give air passenger details to US

A PROPOSED agreement to hand over personal information about every passenger flying from the EU to the US is contrary to the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, the EU’s data protection officer has said.

The agreement comes into force on Wednesday next, August 1, and will give a huge range of US bodies access to the information, which they can hold on file for 15 years.

The Dáil has already voted for the agreement, despite warnings from the European data protection supervisor and the European Parliament.