What is Passenger name record?
'''Passenger name record''' is the name for a [[set]] of [[data]] in a [[database]], which contains the path a [[passenger]] travelling with one or more [[airline]]s takes. In some cases, groups of people travelling together are stored in the same passenger name record. Passenger details often contain more information than that which is strictly necessary. Additional information stored includes the [[gender]] of the passenger, if the passenger is part of a frequent flyer programme, details about the [[ticket]], or if the passenger has special [[meal]] requirements - for example [[vegetarian]]. ==International PNR Sharing Agreements== ===European Union to United States=== [[United States–European Union Agreement on Passenger Name Records]]. ===European Union to Australia=== On January 16, 2004, the [[Article 29 Working Party]] released their ''Opinion 1/2004 (WP85)'' on the level of PNR protection ensured in Australia for the transmission of Passenger Name Record data from airlines. :''Customs applies a general policy of non retention for these data. For those 0.05% to 0.1% of passengers who are referred to Customs for further evaluation, the airline PNR data are temporarily retained, but not stored, pending resolution of the border evaluation. After resolution, their PNR data are erased from the PC of the Customs PAU officer concerned and are not entered into Australian databases.'' In 2010 the European Commission's [[Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security]] was split in two. The resulting bodies were the [[Directorate-General for Justice (European Commission)]] and the [[Directorate-General for Home Affairs (European Commission)]]<!-- note: freedom apparently fell off the radar! -->. On the 4th of May 2011, [[Stefano Manservisi]], Director-General at the [[Directorate-General for Home Affairs (European Commission)]] wrote to the [[European Data Protection Supervisor]] (EDPS) with regards to a PNR sharing agreement with Australia,<ref name=0420d845>{{cite web|title=Letter 0420 D845|url=http:/