Just days after failed car bomb attacks in London and at Glasgow Airport in the UK, the European Commission has announced it plans to come with a series of new anti-terrorist measures including an EU-wide air passengers name recording system (PNR).
To be finalised by October, the PNR system would mirror the US' database on European air passengers - currently collecting 34 pieces of personal information on each traveller, with the possibility to store data for three-and-a-half years.
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