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Corp. ire at home, abroad Europe may forbid PNR access.

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A simmering row between the United States and the European Union over U.S. access to passenger data has come to a boil. The European Commission is threatening to end the temporary ruling it introduced in February that allowed U.S. Customs officials to view the passenger name records of all travelers flying to the United States. Although PNR access breaches deeply enshrined European laws on data privacy, the Commission permitted it with the hope that the United States would address numerous concerns regarding storage and usage of the information. With those expectations not met, Europe is threatening to pull the plug on U.S. access, which could lead to European airlines being heavily fined or even forbidden entry into U.S. airspace if a compromise is not found.

Last week, the European Parliament's Committee on Citizens' Rights and Freedoms exemplified the increasingly hard-line attitude being taken across the Atlantic when it delivered a strongly worded report to the Commission. The report recommended that unless the U.S. government fulfills demands regarding the treatment of data by Dec. 1, then the Commission should forbid...

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