The United States and the European Union have agreed to expand asecurity program that shares personal data about millions of U.S.-bound airline passengers a year, potentially including informationabout a person's race, ethnicity, religion and health.
Under the agreement, airlines flying from Europe to the UnitedStates are required to provide data related to these matters to U.S.authorities if it exists in their reservation systems. The dealallows Washington to retain and use it only "where the life of adata subject or of others could be imperiled or seriously impaired,"such as in a counterterrorism investigation.
According to the deal, the information that can be used …
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