Activities of Nicolae Vlad POPA related to 2008/2160(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Strengthening security and fundamental freedoms on the Internet (debate)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the evolution of the Internet proves that it is becoming an indispensable tool for promoting democratic initiatives, a new arena for the political debate (e.g., e- campaigning, e-voting), a key instrument at world level for exercising freedom of expression (e.g., blogging) and for developing business activities, and a mechanism for promoting digital literacy and the dissemination of knowledge (e-learning),
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas governments and public interest organisations and institutions should provide a suitable regulatory framework and appropriate technical means to allow citizens to actively and efficiently take part in administrative processes through e-government applications,
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas individuals have the right to express themselves freely on the Internet (e. g. user generated content, blogs, social networking) and must also have the right to have their digital content deleted and permanently removed from the Internet,
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas e-illiteracy will be the new illiteracy of the 21st Century; whereas ensuring that all citizens have access to the Internet is therefore equivalent to ensuring that all citizens have access to schooling, and whereas such access should not be punitively denied by governments or private companies; whereas such access should not be abused in pursuit of illegal activities; whereas it is important to deal with emerging issues such as network neutrality, interoperability, global reachability of all Internet nodes, and the use of open formats and standards,
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the international, multicultural and especially multi-lingual character of the Internet is not yet fully supported by the technical infrastructure and protocols of the worldwide web,
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas economic activity is important for the further dynamic development of the Internet, while the safeguarding of its economic efficiency should be ensured through fair competition and the protection of intellectual property rights,
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point b a (new)
Paragraph 1 - point b a (new)
ba) urge EU institutions and Member States to respond to a growing information-aware society and find ways of providing more information to citizens by linking and merging databases in order to allow citizens to take advantage of the information stored by government;
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - Paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Paragraph 1 - Paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
bb) urge Member States to create a framework which ensures that a decision by individuals to delete their personal data should be respected by Internet service providers and that the deletion is permanent;
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point e
Paragraph 1 - point e
e) encourage reflection on the necessary cooperation between private-public players in this field and on the enhancement of law enforcement cooperation; recognise the need for shared responsibility and the benefits of soft law through co-regulation and self-regulation as efficient alternative or complementary instruments to traditional command-and-control legislation;
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point i a (new)
Paragraph 1 - point i a (new)
ia) ensure that there are no laws or practices restricting or criminalising the right of journalists and the media to gather and distribute information for reporting purposes;
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point j
Paragraph 1 - point j
j) consider that “digital identity” is increasingly becoming an integral part of our ‘self’ and in this respect deserves to be protected adequately and effectively from intrusions by both private and public actors – thus, the particular set of data that is organically linked to the “digital identity” of an individual should be defined and protected, and all its elements should be considered inalienable personal, non- economic and non-tradable rights; consider that Internet users should be educated to use multiple identities on the Internet (anonymous, pseudonymous or real identities) to safeguard their anonymity and dissociate information as appropriate; take due account of the importance of anonymity, pseudonymity and control of information flows for privacy and the fact that users should be provided with, and educated about, the means to efficiently protect it e.g. through various available Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs);
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point k
Paragraph 1 - point k
k) recognise the danger of certain forms of Internet surveillance and control aimed also at tracking every ‘digital’ step of an individual, with the aim of providing a profile of the user and of assigning 'scores'; make clear the fact that such techniques should always be assessed in terms of their necessity and their proportionality in the light of the objectives they aim to achieve; emphasise also the need for an enhanced awareness and informed consent of users with respect to their e-activities involving the sharing of personal data (e.g., the case of social networks);
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point k a (new)
Paragraph 1 - point k a (new)
ka) urge the Member States to establish a list of all public authorities and private companies which use net surveillance and to issue a publicly accessible annual report on net surveillance, thus ensuring transparency; such an annual report should be used in assessing whether net surveillance is effective in terms of the purpose for which it was established;
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point l
Paragraph 1 - point l
l) examine and prescribe limits to the ‘consent’ that can be requested of and extracted from users, whether by governments or by private companies, to relinquish part of their privacy, as there is a clear imbalance of negotiating power and of knowledge between individual users and such institutions; the consent of the individual must be informed and freely given;
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point o
Paragraph 1 - point o
o) call on the Member States to ensure that freedom of expression is not subject to arbitrary restrictions from the public and/or private sphere and to avoid all legislative or administrative measures that could have a 'chilling effect' on the speech of individuals on and on all aspects of freedom of speech;
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point p
Paragraph 1 - point p
p) draw attention to the fact that the development of the 'Internet of things' and the use of RFID systems should not sidestep the protection of data and of citizens' rights;
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 - point q
Paragraph 1 - point q
q) encourage the incorporation of fundamental principles of the “Internet Bill of Rights” into the research and development process of Internet-related instruments and applications and the promotion of the “privacy by design” principle according to which privacy and data protection requirements should be introduced as soon as possible in the life cycle of new technological developments, assuring citizens a user-friendly environment;