Last Friday, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) adopted the opinion that the proposed Passenger Name Record (PNR) system does not "demonstrate the necessity and the proportionality of a system involving a large-scale collection of PNR data for the purpose of a systematic assessment of all passengers." IEWY News reports that while acknowledging the measures the new commission took to protect the collected data, as well as the data's value in targeted cases, EDPS Peter Hustinx said, "It is their use in a systematic and indiscriminate way, with regard to all passengers, which raises specific concerns." Hustinx also offered suggestions to improve on the proposal.
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