We’ll be participating in a series of public events and private meetings next week with European activists and with European Union and European national officials on PNR data (airline reservations), privacy, data protection, and human rights. Our presentations at all of these events will be in English, although much of the publicity is (naturally, given the venues) in German. see the links below for slides, handouts, video, and news reports on our presentations:

• Monday, 17 October 2011, 19:00 (Brussels, Belgium): Public workshop on PNR data (airline reservations) and the proposed EU-USA agreement on US government access to PNR data from the EU, at the office of the European Digital Rights initiative (EDRi), Rue Montoyer 39, 8th floor.
• Wednesday, 19 October 2011, 11:00-13:00 (Brussels, Belgium): Workshop hosted by MEP Eva Lichtenberger on PNR data and Computerized Reservation Systems (CRSs) as an example of “cloud services”. Room A5E1, Altiero Spinelli Building (ASP), European Parliament.
• Thursday, 20 October 2011, 19:30 (Berlin, Germany): “Wer mit wem schlief: Was Fluggastdaten über dich verraten.” Public Workshop/Datenschutzbier on how PNR data is processed and used in the USA. At c-base, Rungestrasse 20, Berlin.
• Saturday, 22 October 2011, 12:00 noon (Vienna, Austria): Public workshop on PNR data and how it is used by governments, with Edward Hasbrouck of the Identity Project, Andreas Krisch of Vibe!at, and Alexander Sander of NoPNR.org. Garnisongasse 22, 1090 Wien (Bürgerbüro Martin Ehrenhauser).
• Slides including examples of PNR data and linked Automated Targeting System (ATS) records obtained from DHS.
• Video: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 of a workshop at the European Parliament hosted by MEP Eva Lichtenberger (Austria), Member of the Europarl “TRAN” (transportation) committee.
• How to request your own PNR data and other travel records from the DHS and travel companies, with templates for requests. (DHS only accepts requests in English. The requests to travel companies are in 3 versions: (1) travel agency or tour operator, (2) airline, (3) CRS. All three of these templates are written in English with reference to UK law, so they will need to be adapted to reference local laws, and may need to be translated, for use in other countries.)

News reports:

• Matthias Monroy, Heise.de: US-Reiseverbote Made in Germany (October 17, 2011)
• Barbara Wimmer, Futurezone.at: Fluggastdaten – EU: Ausschuss stimmt für PNR-Abkommen (October 18, 2011)
• Andy Carling, New Europe: Air-travel data puts Europeans at risk of identity theft (October 19, 2011)
• Interview with Patrick Beuth, Zeit Online / Datenschutz: Flugpassagierdaten: “Das PNR-Abkommen mit den USA soll Unrecht legalisieren” (October 21, 2011)
• Barbara Wimmer, Futurezone.at: Fluggastdaten: “Sie dürfen nicht mitfliegen“ (October 23, 2011)
• Austrian Independent: US activist issues final PNR warning (October 25, 2011)
• Erich Moechel, FM4.ORF.at: Flugdaten-Abkommen als “Schuss ins Knie” (October 27, 2011)
• Barbara Wimmer, Futurezone.at: PNR: EU-Parlament stimmt für Fluggastdatenabkommen (October 27, 2011)
• Barbara Wimmer, Futurezone.at: Wirbel um Fluggastdaten-Abkommen mit den USA (November 11, 2011)
• Matthias Monroy, Heise.de: Passagierdaten-Krimi (November 14, 2011)
• Valentina Pop, EU Observer: Privacy campaigner: EU-US passenger data deal ‘meaningless’ (November 18, 2011)
• Stefan Krempl, Heise.de: Scharfe Kritik am geplanten neuen Fluggastdaten-Transfer in die USA (November 19, 2011)
• Erich Moechel, FM4.ORF.at: Flugdatenabkommen ist ausverhandelt (November 27, 2011)

Reports from European civil liberties, human rights, net politics, and other activist organizations:

• Brussels: European Digital Rights initiative (EDRi.org): European action week on airline passenger surveillance (19 October 2011)
• Berlin:: Aktion-FreiheitStattAngst.org (“Freedom Not Fear”): Wer mit wem schlief – Was Fluggastdaten verraten: Der rechtsfreie Raum liegt nicht im Internet sondern in der Luft (21 October 2011)
• Vienna: Vibe!at: “Passenger Name Records sind das Guantanamo für Reisen” (22 October 2011)
• Vienna: Gulli.com: Rootkit-Zugriff der US-Behörden auf alle Fluggastdaten der EU? (24 October 2011)