The European Commission and EU ministers were both wrong to say European airlines should hand out passenger data on transatlantic flights to US authorities, a high-ranked EU legal advisor announced on Tuesday (22 November).
European Court of Justice advocate general Philippe Leger said that there was insufficient proof that the American authorities would respect and protect passenger data.
To rule otherwise would lay within the scope of national criminal law and not EU legislatio...
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