EU-Canada passenger name recognition deal struck down

Europe’s highest court has struck down an EU-Canada security pact on the transfer of sensitive airline passenger data, saying there was no legal justification for several parts of the agreement. In an ruling Wednesday that declared the agreement struck in 2014 cannot be concluded in its current form, the European Court of Justice said many parts of the pact were not limited “to what is strictly necessary and do not lay down clear and precise rules.” In binding findings that mean the agreement will have to be revised, the court said the pact was “incompatible with the fundamental rights recognised by the EU.” The agreement was supposed to allow the systematic transfer of passenger name record data to the Canadian authorities to combat terror groups and international criminals. <br/>