Cablegate: Estonia and Eu Data Privacy

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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

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

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