8 Amendments of Patrizia TOIA related to 2020/0340(COD)
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) The outbreak of COVID 19 pandemic has clearly exacerbated existing inequalities in respect of digital access and literacy, in particular in terms of gender, age and social backgrounds. Accordingly, data literacy should be part of the strategic actions to reduce social inequalities and to promote a socially balanced digital environment.
Amendment 185 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Public sector bodies should be able to charge fees for the re-use of data but should also be able to decide to make the data available at lower or no cost, for example for certain categories of re-uses such as non-commercial re-use, or re-use by small and medium-sized enterprises, including social economy enterprises, so as to incentivise such re-use in order to stimulate research and innovation and support companies that are an important source of innovation and typically find it more difficult to collect relevant data themselves, in line with State aid rules. Such fees should be reasonable, transparent, published online and non- discriminatory.
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Data cooperatives seek to strengthen the position of individuals in making informed choices before consenting to data use, influencing the terms and conditions of data user organisations attached to data use or potentially solving disputes between members of a group on how data can be used when such data pertain to several data subjects within that group. In this context it is important to acknowledge that the rights under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 can only be exercised by each individual and cannot be conferred or delegated to a data cooperative. Data cooperatives could also provide a useful means for one-person companies, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, including social economy enterprises, that in terms of knowledge of data sharing, are often comparable to individuals. Accordingly, the establishment of such cooperatives should be encouraged as an operating mechanism of data intermediation, exchange and sharing activities, which could ensure a truly shared participatory governance whilst increasing trust among the actors involved.
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Providers of data sharing services should also take measures to ensure compliance with competition law. Data sharing may generate various types of efficiencies but may also lead to restrictions of competition, in particular where it includes the sharing of competitively sensitive information. This applies in particular in situations where data sharing enables businesses to become aware of market strategies of their actual or potential competitors. Competitively sensitive information typically includes information on future prices, production costs, quantities, turnovers, sales or capacities. Given that some data can be protected by IP rights or as trade secrets, it is important to promote a balance between the need to promote data sharing on multiple levels and the need to safeguard legitimate interests of businesses, thereby ensuring a secure environment for all economic operators.
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35 a (new)
Recital 35 a (new)
(35 a) The creation of a secure European federated digital identity system is of crucial importance. The Data Governance Act should ensure coherence with the EU Digital identity through which users shall access online services, have control over their data, be able to swiftly manage the consent they provide and properly enforce their rights, such as portability and their right to be forgotten.
Amendment 448 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
(1) Member States shall ensure that all relevant information concerning the application of Articles 5 and 6 is available through a single information point. It must be accessible to all relevant stakeholders, so as to ensure efficient operation and promote good collaboration with civil society organizations, social partners and professional organisations.
Amendment 450 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
(2) The single information point shall receive requests for the re-use of the categories of data referred to in Article 3 (1) and shall transmit them to the competent public sector bodies, or the competent bodies referred to in Article 7 (1), where relevant. The single information point shall make publicly available by electronic means a register of available data resources containing relevant information describing the nature of available data. At least the format, size, conditions for reuse such as characteristics of interoperability and portability and the data holder shall be made public.
Amendment 463 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) services of data cooperatives, that is to say services supporting data subjects or one-person companies or micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, including social economy enterprises, who are members of the cooperative or who confer the power to the cooperative to negotiate terms and conditions for data processing before they consent, in making informed choices before consenting to data processing, and allowing for mechanisms to exchange views on data processing purposes and conditions that would best represent the interests of data subjects or legal persons.