Acronyms
| ag | Advocate General |
| api | Advanced Passenger Information |
| apis | Advanced Passenger Information System |
| Article 29 Working Party | Working Party |
| ats | Automated Targeting System |
| ats-upax | Automated Targeting System Passenger Unit |
| cbp | Customs and Border Protection |
| cfr | Code of Federal Regulations |
| cia | Central Intelligence Agency |
| cjeu | Court of Justice of the European Union |
| CoE | Council of Europe |
| crs | Computer Reservation System |
| csli | Cell-site Location Data |
| dhs trip | Department of Homeland Security Traveller Redress Inquiry |
| dhs | Department of Homeland Security |
| DoJ | Department of Justice |
| eaw | European Arrest Warrant |
| ec | European Community |
| ECtHR | European Court of Human Rights |
| edpb | European Data Protection Board |
| edps | European Data Protection Supervisor |
| esta | Electronic System for Travel Authorization |
| EU | European Union |
| fbi | Federal Bureau of Investigations |
| fipp | Fair Information Practice Principles |
| fr | Federal Register |
| gao | Government Accountability Office |
| gds | Global Distribution System |
| iap | Immigration Advisory Program |
| icao | International Civil Aviation Organization |
| ice | Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
| imei | International Mobile Identity |
| ins | Immigration Naturalization Service |
| ipt | Investigatory Powers Tribunal |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
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| nis | Naval Investigation Service |
| nsa | National Security Agency |
| ntc | National Targeting Service |
| oecd | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| osi | Other Service Related Information |
| pau | Passenger Analytical Unit |
| pia | Privacy Impact Assessment |
| pnr | Passenger Name Records |
Program
| rclg | Regional Carriers Liaison Groups Programme |
| socta | Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment |
| ssi | Special Services Information |
| ssr | Special Service Request |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| US | United States of America |
| usc | The Code of Laws of the United States of America |
Legislation
| atsa | Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001 |
| Charter | Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union [2000] oj C364/1 (18 December 2000) |
| Data Protection Directive | Directive 95/46/ec of the European Parliament and of the Council 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data [1995] oj L281/31 (23 November 1995) |
| Directive on Combating Terrorism | Directive 2017/541 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on combating terrorism, replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/475/jha and amending Council Decision 2005/671/jha [2017] oj L88/6 (31 March 2017) |
| echr | European Convention on Human Rights |
Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance between the European Union and the United States of America [2003] oj L181/34 (19 July 2003) |
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| eu–us pnr Agreement | Agreement between the United States of America and the European Union on the use and transfer of passenger name records to the United States of Department of Homeland Security [2012] oj L215/5 (11 July 2012) |
| foia | Freedom of Information Act |
| gdpr | Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/ec [2016] oj L119/1 (4 May 2016) |
| Law Enforcement Directive | Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/jha [2016] oj L119/1 (4 May 2016) |
| occa | Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 |
| rico | Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act |
| teu | Treaty on European Union (consolidated version 2016) [2016] oj C202/1 (7 June 2016) |
| tfeu | Treaty of Lisbon, amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, 13 December 2007 [2007] oj C306/1 (17 December 2007) |