In message <001a01c448a6$37983730$0400a8c0@earth>, Ekin Caglar
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>I'm guessing Privacy and Data Protection is a different story across the
>ocean after 9/11.
Data protection is largely unchanged (ie still non-existent) and in any
event the USA's much-lauded "rights" don't generally apply to foreign
tourists.
>I'd be curious to find out more about this virtual
>border business - how they intend to collect the mentioned information
From the airlines, who have their own records; and can be expected to
increasingly quiz their passengers in advance for things like passport
numbers and intended destinations in the USA.
>and how it all works with the EU legislation.
The EU Parliament is a lone voice in protesting about this programme.
The rest of the EU "system" seems to have given up a long fight against
it on the grounds that travelling to the USA will be very difficult
without it. The Americans are currently in siege mode and simply don't
want what they perceive as potential bombers arriving unannounced on
their shores. The idea is to make the immigration officers the "last
line of defence", rather than the "first and only line of defence".
--
Roland Perry
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