Comments on: European Parliament rejects deal for US access to SWIFT financial data. Next on the agenda: PNR deal for access to travel data http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2010/02/11/european-parliament-rejects-deal-for-us-access-to-swift-financial-data-next-on-the-agenda-pnr-deal-for-access-to-travel-data/ Challenging ID Demands Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:57:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Royal http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2010/02/11/european-parliament-rejects-deal-for-us-access-to-swift-financial-data-next-on-the-agenda-pnr-deal-for-access-to-travel-data/#comment-225727 Royal Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:12:38 +0000 http://www.papersplease.org/wp/?p=1299#comment-225727 What's the matter of rejecting the deal to access, when US can simply go to datacenter, and set there rsync of all transactions info to their servers? i actually don't understand why European parliamant set the law to store all data in Europe? that's quite stupid of them! Thnx for the article, US is invading the world! Beware! What’s the matter of rejecting the deal to access, when US can simply go to datacenter, and set there rsync of all transactions info to their servers? i actually don’t understand why European parliamant set the law to store all data in Europe? that’s quite stupid of them! Thnx for the article, US is invading the world! Beware!

]]> By: Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » Two-faced Biden speech on “privacy” and surveillance http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2010/02/11/european-parliament-rejects-deal-for-us-access-to-swift-financial-data-next-on-the-agenda-pnr-deal-for-access-to-travel-data/#comment-133647 Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » Two-faced Biden speech on “privacy” and surveillance Thu, 06 May 2010 17:05:05 +0000 http://www.papersplease.org/wp/?p=1299#comment-133647 [...] on lobbying the EP to approve warrantless, suspicious US government access to European financial (SWIFT/TFTP) and travel (PNR) data. If you don’t have time to watch it all, the discussion of privacy and [...] [...] on lobbying the EP to approve warrantless, suspicious US government access to European financial (SWIFT/TFTP) and travel (PNR) data. If you don’t have time to watch it all, the discussion of privacy and [...]

]]> By: Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » European Parliament hands DHS a setback on access to PNR data http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2010/02/11/european-parliament-rejects-deal-for-us-access-to-swift-financial-data-next-on-the-agenda-pnr-deal-for-access-to-travel-data/#comment-133571 Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » European Parliament hands DHS a setback on access to PNR data Thu, 06 May 2010 07:09:37 +0000 http://www.papersplease.org/wp/?p=1299#comment-133571 [...] Commission, with the implicit threat to veto any agreement that fails to meet those conditions, is one of the first expressions of the new veto power that the Parliament acquired in December 2009 when the Lisbon Treaty came [...] [...] Commission, with the implicit threat to veto any agreement that fails to meet those conditions, is one of the first expressions of the new veto power that the Parliament acquired in December 2009 when the Lisbon Treaty came [...]

]]> By: Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » DHS shifting from national origin to ID-based passenger profiling http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2010/02/11/european-parliament-rejects-deal-for-us-access-to-swift-financial-data-next-on-the-agenda-pnr-deal-for-access-to-travel-data/#comment-129795 Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » DHS shifting from national origin to ID-based passenger profiling Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:17:02 +0000 http://www.papersplease.org/wp/?p=1299#comment-129795 [...] Americans and foreigners — including members of the European Parliament who are currently debating whether to approve continued DHS access to European PNR data — should be outraged that the [...] [...] Americans and foreigners — including members of the European Parliament who are currently debating whether to approve continued DHS access to European PNR data — should be outraged that the [...]

]]> By: Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » DHS using ICAO again for policy laundering http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2010/02/11/european-parliament-rejects-deal-for-us-access-to-swift-financial-data-next-on-the-agenda-pnr-deal-for-access-to-travel-data/#comment-124949 Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » DHS using ICAO again for policy laundering Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:14:18 +0000 http://www.papersplease.org/wp/?p=1299#comment-124949 [...] (and its counterparts in Europe and elsewhere) is heightened by the likelihood that, in the wake of the precedent set by its rejection of the SWIFT agreement on financial transaction data sharing with the US government, the European Parliament will reject [...] [...] (and its counterparts in Europe and elsewhere) is heightened by the likelihood that, in the wake of the precedent set by its rejection of the SWIFT agreement on financial transaction data sharing with the US government, the European Parliament will reject [...]

]]> By: Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » Travelport becomes first CRS to claim it complies with EU privacy law http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2010/02/11/european-parliament-rejects-deal-for-us-access-to-swift-financial-data-next-on-the-agenda-pnr-deal-for-access-to-travel-data/#comment-124453 Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » Travelport becomes first CRS to claim it complies with EU privacy law Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:58:27 +0000 http://www.papersplease.org/wp/?p=1299#comment-124453 [...] from the EU to the US attract the attention of EU authorities and the European public during the forthcoming debate in the European Parliament over PNR data transfers to government agencies in the [...] [...] from the EU to the US attract the attention of EU authorities and the European public during the forthcoming debate in the European Parliament over PNR data transfers to government agencies in the [...]

]]> By: Peter Withe Column: Indonesia And Australia Have Problems With World Cup Bids (Goal.com) | Sports Headlines Today http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2010/02/11/european-parliament-rejects-deal-for-us-access-to-swift-financial-data-next-on-the-agenda-pnr-deal-for-access-to-travel-data/#comment-123735 Peter Withe Column: Indonesia And Australia Have Problems With World Cup Bids (Goal.com) | Sports Headlines Today Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:21:00 +0000 http://www.papersplease.org/wp/?p=1299#comment-123735 [...] Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » European Parliament rejects deal … [...] [...] Papers, Please! » Blog Archive » European Parliament rejects deal … [...]

]]> By: matt ward http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2010/02/11/european-parliament-rejects-deal-for-us-access-to-swift-financial-data-next-on-the-agenda-pnr-deal-for-access-to-travel-data/#comment-123718 matt ward Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:40:11 +0000 http://www.papersplease.org/wp/?p=1299#comment-123718 Excellent information - thanks for keeping us all updated on this stuff! Matt. Excellent information - thanks for keeping us all updated on this stuff!

Matt.

]]> By: Cross http://www.papersplease.org/wp/2010/02/11/european-parliament-rejects-deal-for-us-access-to-swift-financial-data-next-on-the-agenda-pnr-deal-for-access-to-travel-data/#comment-123704 Cross Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:34:48 +0000 http://www.papersplease.org/wp/?p=1299#comment-123704 I think we should clear things up a little bit: 1. SWIFT is a Belgium based company ... not a US based company. 2. For many years, one of the datacenters (or Operating Center as they call it) of SWIFT was located at one of their US dependences. SWIFT mirrored all the intra-European transactions at their US based Operating Center. 3. In 2006 the NYT and other newspapers unveiled, that the Bush administration got access to those data trasnactions ... without any court order. 4. The scandal reached the European public opinion ... and as the US activities violated European laws on privacy and data protection SWIFT decided to stop mirroring the intra-European transactions to their US Operating Center and opened up a new Operating Center in Switzerland for mirroring the transaction and protect the data. 5. The US administration and the European commission (which is not elected directly by the EU citizens) reached a secret agreement on giving US authorities full access to all SWIFT data. 6. The European Parliament (which is directly elected by the EU citizens) got broader competences by the new EU Lisbon treaty ... now the SWIFT agreement is within their competences to pass or reject this agreement. 7. The European Commission tried to trick the EU-Parliament and signed the agreement one day before the Parliament got their new competences. 8. The EU Parliament is very concerned about the arising privacy and data protection issues ... which arise from the agreement. 9. And today the EU Parliament made clear ... that they care for the people and their concerns ... and that they sand up for the civil rights of the EU citizens. I think we should clear things up a little bit:

1. SWIFT is a Belgium based company … not a US based company.
2. For many years, one of the datacenters (or Operating Center as they call it) of SWIFT was located at one of their US dependences. SWIFT mirrored all the intra-European transactions at their US based Operating Center.
3. In 2006 the NYT and other newspapers unveiled, that the Bush administration got access to those data trasnactions … without any court order.
4. The scandal reached the European public opinion … and as the US activities violated European laws on privacy and data protection SWIFT decided to stop mirroring the intra-European transactions to their US Operating Center and opened up a new Operating Center in Switzerland for mirroring the transaction and protect the data.
5. The US administration and the European commission (which is not elected directly by the EU citizens) reached a secret agreement on giving US authorities full access to all SWIFT data.
6. The European Parliament (which is directly elected by the EU citizens) got broader competences by the new EU Lisbon treaty … now the SWIFT agreement is within their competences to pass or reject this agreement.
7. The European Commission tried to trick the EU-Parliament and signed the agreement one day before the Parliament got their new competences.
8. The EU Parliament is very concerned about the arising privacy and data protection issues … which arise from the agreement.
9. And today the EU Parliament made clear … that they care for the people and their concerns … and that they sand up for the civil rights of the EU citizens.

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