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Advocate General of European Court of Justice finds EU PNR Directive compatible with fundamental rights and data protection

Brussels, 27/01/2022 (Agence Europe)

The transfer as well as the generalised and undifferentiated automated processing of PNR (Passenger Name Record) data, for the purpose of combating terrorism or serious crime, are compatible with fundamental rights and the protection of personal data, said Giovanni Pitruzzella, advocate general of the Court of Justice of the EU, on 27 January in his opinion on case C-817/19.

However, a general and undifferentiated retention of PNR data in a non-anonymised form is justified only in the face...