Here is the latest on the e-Borders scheme:
Eurostar frustrated by 'illegal' e-Borders scheme ? The Register
>>The UK Border Agency wants carriers to collect the data abroad on its behalf. Eurostar believes this will mean driving an express train through French and Belgian data legislation, both of which implement the EU data laws.
"We believe, and the legal advice we have had is that it is not legal to export the sort of data required by e-Borders within the EU, and it is only legal to export that data outside of the EU," the firm's customer service director told the Home Affairs Select Committee back in June.<<
So this collection of our personal data is basically illegal - and the Government is ignoring the evidence?