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Petr Ježek
Born in Prague in 1965. A graduate of Prague’s University of Economics, Petr Ježek joined his country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and served as a diplomat. For some ten years, he held relatively high posts related to the country’s ties with the EU, e.g. heading the Foreign Ministry’s European Integration Department and serving as Deputy State Secretary for European Affairs. He also worked as chief of staff of then Czech Prime Minister Vladimír Špidla. In 2014, Petr Ježek was elected Member of the European Parliament on the ballot of the ANO 2011 party.
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The Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament approved a report on the proposed Passenger Name Record (PNR) directive, designed to detect potential terror suspects.
Under the proposal, EU member states would be required to collect and share data of passengers entering or departing the EU, with air carriers having to send the PNR data to the authorities in the respective member state.
“Recent terrorist attacks perpetrated in Europe showed how essential it was for the member states to improve their cooperation and share information they have about suspects and perpetrators of attacks,” Petr Ježek, member of the LIBE committed, said after the vote.
“The mandatory sharing of date is an important move to a more effective fight against terrorism. The proposed directive will close the existing gaps between member states and help national intelligence services,” Petr Ježek added.
Air passenger data would be retained for a period of 30 days, enabling law enforcement authorities to compare them with other existing files, as well as analyse them in order to identify previously “unknown” persons.
The proposal, as backed by the LIBE committee, also includes personal data protection safeguards while allowing less sensitive details to be used systematically to identify suspicious behaviour patterns.
All data processing would also have to be documented, passangers would be clearly and precisely informed about the collection their personal data and about their rights, and any transfer of data to third countries would be governed under stricter conditions.
In addition, the authorities would be required to anonymize the data after 30 days and retain them as such for a period of 5 years. The anonymous data could only be re-personalised under very strict conditions on a case-by-case basis.