EU-Canada agreement on passenger names declared illegal: ECJ

The agreement between the European Union and Canada to share airline passenger data that the two sides say is vital to fighting terrorism has been declared invalid today by the EU's top court, because  parts of it are not in line with fundamental EU laws.

The deal which the EU and Canada began negotiating in 2010 would interfere with the right to privacy, the Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice said in a statement.
"The court declares that the agreement envisaged between the European ...