8 Amendments of Evelyne GEBHARDT related to 2009/2224(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to clarify what aspects of Internet governance it feels need to be regulated at this time in relation to the Internet of Things and what system will be able to safeguard the general public interest;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to clarify the issue of who owns and controls data that is automatically collected and interpreted;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to create more initiatives for free access to the new technologies; stresses that every initiative should have the aim of facilitating connection to, and use of, information and communication technologies and of including disadvantaged social groups;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognise that public- private partnerships should be strengthened in relation to the Internet of Things and public initiatives aimed at creating Internet Governance;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that transparency of follow- up costs is needed for the consumer, for example in relation to the electricity consumption of the application and the deployment of things;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Agrees that new standards need to be developed in an open, transparent and consensual manner with the participation of all interested parties; stresses that all new standards in this area need to be easily and freely available to anyone, and that reference implementations also need to be freely available, as is the case with standards developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF); stresses that the infrastructure of an Internet of Things needs to be efficient, scaleable, reliable, secure and confidential, thereby increasing consumer protection, particularly as regards privacy and data protection;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that there is no scientific debate on the possible hazards and damage caused by electrosmog and that the Commission should not neglect this issue;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reminds the Commission that certain Member States are introducing legislation to exclude users from the Internet and urges the Commission to take this into accounfollow the principle that wthen discussing proposals that have ubiquitous Internet access as a precondition end user’s basic rights and freedoms, particularly according to Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union on Freedom of expression and information, should not be restricted without a prior ruling by a judge.