The Ministry of Transport has prepared a draft order on a new procedure for the formation of automated databases of personal data on passengers and personnel (crew).
According to it, from September 1, the corresponding data must be transmitted by carriers in air, water and rail transport, as well as road transport for intercity and international traffic (except for flights between Moscow and the Moscow region, St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region). What will be included in the list of data:
• information about bank cards (last 4 digits, bank name)
• IP addresses
• telephones
• email addresses
• logins and passwords for accounts on the carrier’s website or application
• ticket price
• class of service
The information will be fed into the unified state information system for transport security (USIS OTB). Its operator is the Federal State Unitary Enterprise of the Ministry of Transport “Zashchitainfotrans”. Rosaviatsiya, Rostransnadzor, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB have access to it.
At the same time, the Association of Air Transport Operators (AEVT) in its response to the project indicated that some of the additional data about passengers, including account login and password, are “confidential information, and therefore cannot be disclosed without the consent of the subject of such data.”
AEVT noted that the new requirements do not comply with established ICAO recommendations and standards. The current standard, ICAO (Doc 9944) Guidelines for Passenger Name Records (PNRs), “directs States not to require or hold an operator responsible for providing PNR data that is not already collected or contained in its reservation system.” AEVT asked the Ministry of Transport to finalize the project.
The assessment of the benefits is also not very clear, since a person can reach the booking stage on one device, continue purchasing from another, for example, from a mobile device, and carry out all these actions using a VPN.
— Smartavia
Smartavia supported AEVT. Russian Railways and other airlines declined to comment.
According to a Kommersant interlocutor close to the Ministry of Transport, the document will no longer be finalized. (Kommersant)
