9 Amendments of Herbert REUL related to 2011/2025(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Invites the Commission to carefully consider the impact on SMEs to ensure they are not disadvantaged; believes as well that the volume of data which is processed should also be taken into consideration independent of the size of a firm;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Invites the Commission to resist calls for new imprecise broad principles which maycritically assess if newly introduced principles do really solve genuine problems and do not cause legal uncertainty, skew competition, erect trade barriers, contravene the presumption of innocence and create additional burdens on controllers without quantifiable benefits in resolving genuine problems;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that any certification or seal scheme could be based on a model such as EMAS and must in any event be of ensured integrity and trustworthiness;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recommends that the Commission considers a possibility for behavioural sanctions in case of infringement, instead of as well as introducing a principle of ‘accountability’;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Invites the Commission to review existing rules for relevance, need,elaborate and substantiate existing rules as regards clarity, enforceability and powers, competence and enforcement activities of the authorities;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that any new legal instrument should apply to all data controllers that handle the data of European citizens, irrespective of the location of that data controller both inside and outside the EU; calls on the Commission to work with international partners, especially India, towards the adoption of data protection rules which meet EU standards and the inclusion of EU standards in all international agreements;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Stresses that citizens must be able to exercise their data rights free of charge and without postal or other costs; calls on companies to refrain from any attempts to add unneeded barriers to the right to view, amend or delete personal data;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Reminds the Commission that not all data controllers are internet businesses; calls on the Commission to ensure that new data protection rules can be applied both in the online and offline environment;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. stresses the need for the Member States to give greater powers to national judicial and data protection authorities to sanction companies for breaches in data protection or failure to apply data protection laws;