Secular Café: Should Europe share passenger data with the USA?

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Should Europe share passenger data with the USA? Apr 19th 2012, 04:08 Now being discussed in the EU Parliament: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17764365 Quote: MEPs will decide whether the US Department of Homeland Security will be able to see data on the Passenger Name Record (PNR)... ...The information includes names, addresses, credit card and phone numbers, meal choices and health matters. The leader of the conservative group at the European Parliament, Martin Callanan, backed the bill. "We've seen numerous attempts to blow up transatlantic airliners in recent years, how stupid would we look if we had the chance to stop one of these things, and one of the terrorists actually got through, so we have to err on the side of public safety on this," he said. But other MEPs say the proposals leave too many unanswered questions, such as how will the US use this information, how long will it keep the data and who will have access to it?

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