Re: [privacy] U.S. 'Licence to Snoop' on British Air Travellers

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

Just a quick note, Guardian News and Telegraph Media Group are different  companies...

- Juha-Matti


Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote: 
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> Via The Guardian.co.uk.
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> [snip]
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> Britons flying to America could have their credit card and email accounts
> inspected by the United States authorities following a deal struck by
> Brussels and Washington.
>
> By using a credit card to book a flight, passengers face having other
> transactions on the card inspected by the American authorities. Providing
> an email address to an airline could also lead to scrutiny of other
> messages sent or received on that account.
>
> The extent of the demands were disclosed in "undertakings" given by the US
> Department of Homeland Security to the European Union and published by the
> Department for Transport after a Freedom of Information request.
>
> About four million Britons travel to America each year and the released
> document shows that the US has demanded access to far more data than
> previously realised.
>
> [snip]
>
> More:
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/01/01/nusnoop01.x
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> - - ferg
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