Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06TALLINN874
2006-09-22 14:51:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tallinn
how-toVZCZCXRO7342 RR RUEHAG RUEHDF RUEHIK RUEHLZ DE RUEHTL #0874 2651451 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 221451Z SEP 06 FM AMEMBASSY TALLINN TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 9056 RUCNMEM/EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 0192 INFO RUEAWJF/HQDHS WASHDC RUEAWJA/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON DC RULSDMK/DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHDC
UNCLAS TALLINN 000874
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EB/TRA/OTP AND EUR/ERA
USEU FOR MORENSKI
DHS FOR MSCARDAVILLE
DOT FOR KLANEY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR PTER EN
SUBJECT: ESTONIA AND EU DATA PRIVACY
REF: STATE 132268
UNCLAS TALLINN 000874
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EB/TRA/OTP AND EUR/ERA
USEU FOR MORENSKI
DHS FOR MSCARDAVILLE
DOT FOR KLANEY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR PTER EN
SUBJECT: ESTONIA AND EU DATA PRIVACY
REF: STATE 132268
1. At present, there are no direct flights from Estonia to
the United States. Therefore, is very unlikely that
problems would arise here regarding compliance with the
Passenger Name Record (PNR) agreement.
2. Post contacted both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(MFA) and the Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate (DPI).
Neither arm of the GOE anticipated any conflict between the
PNR and existing or pending Estonian legislation, in the
event that there are ever direct flights between the two
countries. Bert Blos, a legal advisor at DPI, told Econoff
that DPI does not foresee any new restrictions on
transmission of data to third countries. He also stated
that data transmission to third countries without
"sufficient protection" is already restricted unless
otherwise provided for by law or international agreements.
GOLDSTEIN
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR EB/TRA/OTP AND EUR/ERA
USEU FOR MORENSKI
DHS FOR MSCARDAVILLE
DOT FOR KLANEY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAIR PTER EN
SUBJECT: ESTONIA AND EU DATA PRIVACY
REF: STATE 132268
1. At present, there are no direct flights from Estonia to
the United States. Therefore, is very unlikely that
problems would arise here regarding compliance with the
Passenger Name Record (PNR) agreement.
2. Post contacted both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(MFA) and the Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate (DPI).
Neither arm of the GOE anticipated any conflict between the
PNR and existing or pending Estonian legislation, in the
event that there are ever direct flights between the two
countries. Bert Blos, a legal advisor at DPI, told Econoff
that DPI does not foresee any new restrictions on
transmission of data to third countries. He also stated
that data transmission to third countries without
"sufficient protection" is already restricted unless
otherwise provided for by law or international agreements.
GOLDSTEIN