[privacy] European Parliment: Anti-Terror Efforts Have Gone Too Far

[Paul Ferguson]

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Via UPI.

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The European Parliament says the EU Commission and member states have
overreached in their reaction to terrorism, endangering citizens' privacy
and rights.

In a broad-ranging resolution this week, the Parliament opposed the
establishment of a European air passenger personal data system like the one
run in America by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The resolution, passed Wednesday 359-293 with 38 abstentions, called any
form of profiling or data-mining in EU counter-terrorism measures
"unacceptable."

It expressed concern about the growing use of existing EU immigration
databases, including one of asylum-seekers, for counter-terrorism purposes;
and about the European Commission's proposal to collect Passenger Name
Records from the airlines as the United States and Canada currently do.

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More:
http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Emerging_Threats/Briefing/2007/12
/14/eu_counter-terror_laws_cant_go_too_far/5198/

- - ferg

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