The Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU will launch a debate on extending the collection of PNR (passenger name records) data to means of transport other than air, such as high-speed rail or ship, the Finnish Minister of the Interior, Maria Ohisalo, told MEPs of the European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee on Wednesday 4 September.
The EU Council recently received a discussion paper on the extension of the PNR system, which involves collecting air passenger data for analysis...