EU Agrees to Share Airline Passenger Data With US

After nine years of negotiations, the European Union has approved an agreement to share airline passenger information with the United States.

Europe has resisted a formal deal for years, citing privacy concerns.

The World’s Gerry Hadden has more from Barcelona.

In Oct 2006 Gerry Hadden reported on the US and the European Union extending a data-sharing agreement and how some in Europe worried about where the information is going.