Legislators are rushing through a counter-terrorism bill described by the EU's top data protection chief as one of the largest indiscriminate collections of personal data in the history of the European Union.
MEPs on Thursday (10 December) are set to rubber stamp the EU's passenger name record (PNR) bill following intense pressure from French authorities in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo killings earlier this year and the Paris attacks in November.
Giovanni Buttarelli, the European data protection supervisor, remains highly critical.
"The establishment of a new large-scale database will require years and an unbelievable about of money,” he told this website on Wednesday (9 December).
"[PNR] is the first large-scale and indiscriminate collection of personal data in the history of the European Union.”
The bill, described by French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve as "indispensable in the fight against terrorism,” will add to the ever-expanding list of counter-terrorism measures in Europe.
By Nikolaj Nielsen
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