Protection of Passenger Information Regulations

8 The Agency may, on a case-by-case basis, when necessary for the purposes of the Act, national security, the defence of Canada or the conduct of international affairs, disclose passenger name record information to a foreign government authority under an international agreement or arrangement if

• (a) there are reasonable grounds to believe that the information would be relevant to the prevention, investigation or prosecution of a terrorism offence or serious transnational crime;

• (b) the authority exercises functions directly related to the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of a terrorism offence or serious transnational crime;

• (c) the authority has undertaken to apply standards to protect the information that are at least equivalent to those set out in these Regulations or the standards designed to protect passenger name record information that were negotiated by that authority with the European Union; and

• (d) the Agency discloses only the information that is necessary for the purposes for which it is disclosed.