חוק סמכויות לאיסוף ואבחון של נתוני נוסעים הנכנסים לישראל או היוצאים ממנה, התשפ"ג-2023Law on Powers to Collect and Diagnose Passenger Data Entering or Leaving Israel, 2023 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Law regulates the establishment of a National Center for Passenger Data Screening, which shall establish and manage a database of passenger and crew data on flights operated to and from Israel. In this context, the head of the Center shall be authorized to require an airline to provide passenger data and to establish a permanent electronic interface to enable a continuous and ongoing flow of information, and this information shall be provided at three fixed times for each flight. The information to be provided shall include API (Advanced Passenger Information) data, such as the passenger's name, date of birth, sex, nationality, passport number and the name of the country that issued the passport, as well as PNR (Passenger Name Record) data, such as mobile phone number, email address, payment method, travel dates, travel itinerary and baggage data. The information may be used for the purposes of preventing and thwarting terrorism and serious crime, civil aviation security, combating illegal immigration and protecting public health, and the bodies authorized to access the database shall be the Israel Security Agency, the Mossad, the Israel Police, the Tax Authority, the Population and Immigration Authority, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Transport. It is also proposed to impose on airlines an obligation to inform passengers about the transfer of information. In addition, mechanisms were established to reduce the harm to privacy, such as the obligation to appoint a privacy protection officer at the Center, whose appointment and qualification conditions shall be determined in consultation with the head of the Privacy Protection Authority at the Ministry of Justice, and who must prepare an annual work plan and submit annual reports on compliance with privacy protection provisions at the Center.

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