I øjeblikket henter amerikanerne selv oplysningerne. Det er desværre stadig ikke helt i overensstemmelse med den europæiske standard for databeskyttelse, men det ville være uretfærdigt at sige, at der ikke er blevet opnået meget.
Moreover, legal peace has been restored by the requirement for passengers’ prior consent, and the Commission will see to it that it is we who actively transmit the data – which means that we can also filter it – whereas, at present, it is still collected by the Americans; whilst this may well not, unfortunately, meet European data protection standards, it would be unfair to say that we had not achieved a great deal.