Activities of Judith SARGENTINI related to 2016/2145(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European Cloud Initiative (debate) NL
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the European Cloud Initiative
Amendments (7)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the development of the European Open Science Cloud must take place with due regard for the fundamental rights enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights (CFR), in particular for the rights of data protection, privacy, liberty and security, and that it must abide by the principles of privacy by design and by default, and the principles of proportionality, necessity, data minimisation and purpose limitation; recognises that additional safeguards, such aswhile the application of pseudonymisation or anonymisation, can enhance protection to personal data can reduce the risks to the data subjects concerned when personal data are used in big data applications or cloud computing, any processing of sensitive data should take into account the risks of future abuses of these measures; recalls that anonymisation must be an irreversible process by which personal data can no longer be used to identify a natural person; calls on the Commission to develop stricter guidelines and best practices on how to correctly anonymise data;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses that the use of open standards and free and open source software are especially important in guaranteeing the necessary transparency into how personal and other sensitive types of data are in fact being protected;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines that the recently adopted General Data Protection Regulation provides strong safeguards for the protection of personal data collected for scientific research purposes, including sensitive data related to health; recalls that specific conditions should apply in particular as regards the publication or otherwise disclosure of personal data in the context of scientific research purposes; calls on the Commission to take these safeguards into account for the development of the European Open Science Cloud;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the free flow of data is paramountbeneficial to the digital economy and essential for the development of science and research; emphasises that the Commission initiative on the free flow of data should enable the growing European cloud computing sector to be in the forefront of the global innovation race, including for science and innovation purposes; stresses thatrecalls that any transfer of personal data to cloud infrastructures or other recipients located outside the IUnitiative should also aim to lift any arbitraryon should respect the rules for transfers foreseen in the GDPR; believes that not all data is equally well- suited for export to non-EU jurisdictions and that the Commission initiative on the free flow of data should take that concern into account; stresses that reasonable restrictions as to where companies should place infrastructure or store data, as these would hamper the development of Europe’s economyre necessary to prevent future abuses;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Strongly believes that the EU should be on the vanguard of the protection of personal and other sensitive data and should offer systems of increased protection to those seeking protection outside of the EU; believes that exploiting the EU privacy competitive advantage could allow European companies to compete with US and Asian IT industries;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Urges the Commission to ensure a strong and vital development of the strongest possible encryption systems that cannot be compromised, even by hostile foreign state actors, and that will protect the scientific community's work within the EU, where necessary;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Urges the Commission to ensure that the European Cloud Initiative is built in such a way as to ensure scientific independence from the commercial interests of the parties involved with building the necessary infrastructure; warns that the opening up of data could lead to a situation where all the world's data is being controlled by a small number of commercial entities that would then be able to wield outsized influence over policy and people's lives;