Asata feels that Barsa’s response has obscured our central concerns, which we have raised with Iata and await response on. They are: Our predominant concern with the Iata regulation is that it prescribes an onerous and often impractical process and does so without having
done any form of impact assessment. This would have been understandable if there were a legal requirement in terms of current (and future) data protection laws, but there isn’t. Travel agents are under no obligation to hand over the personal information of passengers.
In fact, it is only allowable under strict circumstances. Asata is not the only industry association to have raised these concerns. They are also shared by members of the World Travel Agents Associations Alliance and the European Travel Agents’ and Tour Operators’ Association
