Overturn (US) data sharing law, says EU law officer

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An agreement by EU governments to give the US Homeland Security Department details of all passengers flying between the EU and the US has been cast in doubt by one of the EU's top law officers.

The Advocate General, the top legal advisor of the European Court of Justice, says that last year's air passenger data agreement must be annulled because it breached EU law.

The challenge to the agreement was taken by the European Parliament.

MEPs believed the EU Commission and the national governments had exceeded their powers in agreeing to give data on EU citizens to a foreign government.

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