Activities of Dragoş TUDORACHE related to 2020/2217(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European strategy for data – Commission evaluation report on the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation two years after its application (continuation of debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a European strategy for data
Amendments (13)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Underlines that personal data is being generated at exponential rates and stresses that personal data is of paramount importance for future economic growth and development; stresses that the generation of industrial data and personal data will become increasingly co-dependent;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Stresses that ignoring the economic potential of personal data and focusing predominantly on industrial data will deprive Europe and its citizens of a tremendous asset and strengthen the dominance and lock-in effects of platforms relying on personal data;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Urges the Commission to expand its data strategy to define and propose a framework through which European citizens are enabled and empowered to benefit from their personal data, including a paradigmatic shift from informed consent on the use of personal data to ownership, guaranteed protection, and informed consent of temporary and revocable use in exchange for economic benefits;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the processing of personal data, including its transfer, must always comply with Union data protection acquis; emphasises, in this respect, the need to draw clear boundaries between the treatment of personal and of non-personal data in the data spaces outlined by the Commission, especially in the case of smart connected products; recalls, in this context, that data sets in which different types of data are inextricably linked, are always treated as personal data; stresses that, in such instances, citizens should be systemically enabled to benefit from their co-generation of personal data and their ownership of such data should be automatically protected;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that data spaces for public administrations, specifically data use for improving law enforcement in the EU, must fully respect EU law, including the principle of proportionality and data protection and privacy rules; ; underlines that, for public authorities, the use of personal data and artificial intelligence should be allowed only with strict democratic oversight and with additional safeguards against their misuse;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that data sharing between Member States in the areas of justice and home affairs through the European information systems (SIS, VIS, Eurodac, ETIAS, SES, ECRIS) is a key asset in strengthening the security of European citizens and improving the control and protection capacity at the EU’s internal and external borders, the implementation of asylum and migration policy and the fight against terrorism and crime;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Considers the operational implementation of the interoperability of information systems by 2022-2023, in line with the deadlines laid down in European legislation, to be a priority in the context of a Security Union and the reform of asylum and migration policy; considers it essential to allocate appropriate financial resources to eu-LISA in order to build a robust and secure IT infrastructure for data sharing between Member States’ police and judicial authorities and EU agencies;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses that Europol plays a crucial role as a centre for the exchange and analysis of information on criminal activities between the Member States' law enforcement authorities; notes that in recent years a large volume of data has been transferred by the Member States to Europol, which calls for changes in the agency’s legislative framework and mandate to ensure stronger safeguards over how it processes, uses and manages personal information and data;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Considers that the composition of the European Data Innovation Board is of crucial importance for the extent to which compliance with fundamental rights is upheld; calls therefore on the Commission to create a balanced composition with equal representation from industry, NGOs and consumer groups, and academia;
Amendment 56 #
6 d. Calls on the Commission to increase funding for the developments of privacy-protection products and services in the EU for the Data Strategy to deliver benefits to EU citizens and promote innovation that respect and promote human rights;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Council conclusions of October 2020 on the development of a Union-wide framework for secure public electronic identification (e-ID); strongly believes that a framework of this type would allow for the safer cross-border provision of services that require personal identification.; calls on the Commission to expand on this framework, with the aim of providing European citizens with the proper tools to benefit from and exploit their personal data;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Calls on the Commission to expand its efforts to secure increasing data flows with likeminded global partners, including across the Atlantic in the context of a revised and upgraded Privacy Shield framework, based on shared values and full respect for fundamental rights;