Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The advance passenger information and the passenger name record are data elements about the person flying, such as who you are, where you are from, what your nationality is, what travel documents you have, how many bags you brought on board, and what kind of ticket you are flying on. This information is important because the airlines have scenario-based risk assessment, and by plugging in data about travellers they are able to look at patterns and get certain hits, perhaps, against certain names that identify or alert them to risks that they should be looking into further.