US officials in talks at the European Parliament yesterday (6 May) were unable to appease fears over the use of personal data obtained by the US authorities whenever passengers fly through or within the US.
However, the Commission said that it understood that US authorities had access to most European airline passenger databases since 5 March 2003; indeed some airlines operating from the EU had already been passing on this information voluntarily since 1995.
"This was in breach of...
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