EU agrees with US on sharing of citizens' private data

Message to Franco Frattini, Vice President of the European Commission

To: franco.frattini@ec.europa.eu
Subject: News report: US-EU airline data accord reached
From: Marcus Williamson
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007

Mr Frattini

I have just read this news report:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6246938.stm

Could you please provide details of the agreement reached with the US on the retention of airline passenger data?

Could you also provide details of the agreement reached over SWIFT financial transaction data?

Are both these agreements in accordance with EU law on data privacy?

Look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks & regards
Marcus Williamson