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[byron mc]

The Post said that several newer members of the European Union are being offered visa-free entry into the United States for their citizens in exchange for deals to share not only fingerprint and DNA data but information on the ethnicity, religion and political beliefs of suspects.

the United States has agreed to limit the use of the data, not to share it onward with other governments, and not to retain data no longer useful.

US PUSHING 2-WAY PACTS WITH EU MEMBERS ON PERSONAL DATA
July 8, 2008
http://www.ttc.org/200807081018.m68aipf29137.htm

US and EU do secret deal to share your personal data - bank details, visited websites, salaries..
June 30, 2008,
http://freebritain.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/us-to-get-access-to-your-personal-files-bank-details-visited-websites-salaries/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1030374/US-access-personal-files--bank-details-visited-websites-salaries-.html

[byron mc]

In the words of the EU Council presidency: "Every object the individual uses, every transaction they make and almost everywhere they go will create a detailed digital record. This will generate a wealth of information for public security organisations, and create huge opportunities for more effective and productive public security efforts."

Tony Bunyan at Statewatch has recently produced a special report,  The Shape of Things to Come on the European Union's ongoing plans for ubiquitous surveillance.
 "EU: SPECIAL STATEWATCH REPORT: The Shape of Things to Come by Tony Bunyan. The EU is currently developing a new five year strategy for justice and home affairs and security policy for 2009-2014.
The report also contains four Case Studies: 1) the "digital tsunami" and the surveillance state; 2) The "convergence principle"; 3) Privacy and data protection; 4) EU-US area of cooperation.

 It shows how European governments and EU policy-makers are pursuing unfettered powers to access and gather masses of personal data on the everyday life of everyone – on the grounds that we can all be safe and secure from perceived “threats”. The Statewatch report calls for a “meaningful and wide-ranging debate” before it is “too late” for privacy and civil liberties.

PDF press release
http://www.statewatch.org/news/2008/sep/the-shape-of-things-to-come-prel.pdf

September 12, 2008
http://b2fxxx.blogspot.com/2008/09/statewatch-report-on-eu-surveillance.html


Wow it is not just speculation. The EU is really trying to do this.  its' all for data mining...


also see:

some 19 pieces of personal data on international air travelers including their phone number, e-mail address, payment details, and travel agent.

EU eyes air passenger profiling in 2009 with data kept for 13 years
https://thementalmilitia.com/forums/index.php?topic=16613.0

to expand current rules to include holding e-mails and other internet traffic data for up to two years.

new EU directive to expand current rules to include holding e-mails and more
https://thementalmilitia.com/forums/index.php?topic=16686.0

[byron mc]

American anti-terror chiefs are threatening to withdraw the Visa Waiver Scheme for British and European tourists unless the EU signs an agreement on the new measures before Christmas.

Under the US Homeland Security scheme, all travellers – including children – without a visa must fill out a detailed online questionnaire about their health and criminal history at least three days before departure.

Travellers are currently required to answer similar questions by filling in forms on board transatlantic flights, which are handed to immigration officials when they land.

But from January 12 next year, the Department of Homeland Security wants this information in advance to check its blacklists for terrorists or anyone considered ‘undesirable’.
But Michael Chertoff, director of the Department of Homeland Security, has called a halt to negotiations and is warning the European Commission that it must agree to the measures before the end of the year.
In a letter last week to Jacques Barrot, vice-president of the EC, Mr Chertoff warned: ‘The data we gather under US law from those seeking to enter the United States is not subject to negotiation.
'The US lays down the law and expects the EU to comply and if it does not then – as on visas – the US simply negotiates behind its back with individual member states.’

The warning could force Britain to come to a unilateral agreement with America to keep UK citizens in the arrangement.

The measures have caused concern among European leaders and data protection authorities, with the EU demanding assurances about how the information will be used, who will have access to it and how long it will be kept.

 Now Brits could be forced to apply for a visa before travelling to America in EU security wrangle
28.09.2008
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23561042-details/Now+Brits+could+be+forced+to+apply+for+a+visa+before+travelling+to+America+in+EU+security+wrangle/article.do


wow. this is kinda eye opening how much arm twisting is going on from the DHS.