EU Court Blocks Passenger Data Deal with U.S.

Reinier writes "The BBC reports that the European Court of Justice has ruled the airline data agreement with the United States is illegal. The 'agreement' required airlines to share 34 items of personal data of their passengers with American authorities at least fifteen minutes before take-off of any flight to the US. The Court of Justice examined the agreement after the European Parliament objected. A PDF of the ruling is available online."

So, has anyone ever ...

[Ihlosi]

... made bogus meal requests on international flights just to confuse the data mining algorithm ?

For example: "Must have pasta." ... muhahah.

An excuse not to let the French into the US now.

[Anonymous Coward]

I bet THAT makes the UK jealous.

A victory for terrorism

[kkiller]

Hell, this could open the floodgates for any kind of crazed nut-case [wikipedia.org].

Re:So, has anyone ever ...

[chiskop]

Mustafa Pasta?

Red Flag! Red Flag!

Re:An excuse not to let the French into the US now

[Guppy06]

The UK still has it better; the French have to cross water to get to the UK, but you can walk here from Quebec. They're building the fence along the wrong border.

This whole data-collection nonsense ...

[Ihlosi]

... lead to the hilarious situation that for a while, my wife, I, the travel agent and the US government were the only entities that knew what we wanted to name our son (months before he was actually born).

At least all the relatives still acted surprised when we told them the name.

Re:Big help

[Khammurabi]

That'll help all those EU-citizens a lot, that had their data sent to the USA in the past two years to be stored for the rest of eternity is all kind of dubious databases in the USA.

Well then thank god I'm an American! Oh wait.

Re:So, has anyone ever ...

[chiskop]

...and the diarrhetic meal is sometihng else entirely.

Re:So, has anyone ever ...

[Freaky Spook]

... made bogus meal requests on international flights just to confuse the data mining algorithm ?

I tried that once but I was detained and I missed my flight. I guess I shouldn't have requested halhal.

Re:What if the shoe were on the other foot?

[gowen]

Why just the other day I heard the US president talking about the "Global War on Tourism".

At least I think that's what he said. I understand that to show his support for legal immigration, President Bush often pretends to struggle with the pronounciation of simple English words.

Re:This whole data-collection nonsense ...

[Anonymous Coward]

Although on your part, calling him Osama wasn't the brightest move...

Re:So, has anyone ever ...

[GungaDan]

And then there's the Dianetics meal - mmmmmmmmmm... that's some tasty placenta...

Re:So, has anyone ever ...

[jesterpilot]

A lot of muslims take the vegetarian meal, when in doubt. On the other hand, this might get you in trouble too, since it means you're an environmental activist.

only lesbians are OK! :)

[Xtifr]

"Leviticus 18:22 - Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination."

Note that while this forbids gay men from having sex with each other, it also (read strictly) excludes heterosexual women from having sex with men! And as for the heterosexual men, well, surely leading the heterosexual women into sin is itself a sin! Thus, the only blessed, bible-certified-and-approved form of sex is lesbian sex! :)