Pressure looms over controversial EU-US air data deal

As a 30 September deadline to replace the existing EU-US deal on sharing air passenger data is fast approaching, the European Parliament has called for fresh safeguards from Washington to protect citizens' privacy.

After a heated debate in a Strasbourg plenary on Thursday (7 September), MEPs backed the move by the European Commission to negotiate an interim transatlantic deal with the US after the European Court of Justice ruled the current accord illegal in May.

However, they str...