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Farina Azam, Fox Williams, and Michael Budge, CAA. Azam says: ‘I would want to know where the CAA intends to store the data, how it will secure it and who will pay the cost of a data breach’


CAA’s proposed demand for data ‘burdensome’


Lawyer voices concern over planned change to Atol rule. Ian Taylor reports Speaking at an Abta Travel


A senior industry lawyer has challenged the Civil Aviation Authority over a proposed amendment to an Atol standard term requiring a significant expansion of the data the CAA requires to be available on demand. The CAA launched a consultation


on the amendment to Atol Standard Term 5, “to clarify the requirements for booking data to be held” by Atol holders with licensed business of £20 million or more a year, on December 3. This was extended to the end of February to encourage more responses.


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Finance Conference last week, CAA head of Atol Michael Budge explained the aim as “to better equip the CAA to deal with failures, to ensure there is sufficient data to deal with repatriation and ticketed flights, and deal with people yet to travel who want their money back”. This requires “a significant


amount of booking data and detail”, he said, noting: “When businesses fail we generally find the information is terrible.” Budge suggested the proposal


“should improve overall standards and bring benefits in oversight”. Industry lawyer Farina Azam,


partner at Fox Williams, said: “A breach of Standard Term 5 is a criminal offence, so we need to take this seriously.” She suggested an Atol holder


“could potentially be subject to burdensome requests for data”, pointing out: “There is no sense of when the CAA can request


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