5 Amendments of Roberta METSOLA related to 2017/2144(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the Court of Auditor annual report on the implementation of the EU Budget does not contain any remarks about the EDPS; regrets however that no EDPS transaction was selected for an audit by the Court of Auditors in 2016 and that therefore the legality and regularity of the underlying EDPS transactions was not examined by the Court; stresses that transparency is vital for the appropriate function of the Agency;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that in its Annual Internal Audit report for the 2016, published in the end of March 2017, the internal auditor (IAS) identified 5 important Internal Control Systems recommendations dated fromidentified in previous years and that werehad still opennot been addressed; notes with great surprise that some of thoese recommendations relate to information security and business continuity policies; urges therefore the EDPS EDPS, especially given the nature of its mission and tasks, to lead by example and close suchimmediately implement these outstanding recommendations without undue delay;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes efforts of the EDPS to help move forward the global debate on data protection and privacy; hHighlights the quality of the advisesce given to EU policy makers in relation to the adoption of the Umbrella agreement and the Privacy Shield as well as in relation to the preparation of the adoption of new rules for the EU institutions and for e-Privacy in 2017; acknowledges the EDPS efforts to prepare itself for ensuring the Secretariat of the new European Data Protection Board (EDPB) as part of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); notes with interest the launch of the Ethics Advisory Group;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that the GDPR and the Directive for data protection in the police and justice sectors shall be fully respected and implemented; aAcknowledges the intention of the Agency to keep GDPR as point of reference for its work;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the growing contribution of the EDPS to solutions driving innovation and enhancing privacy and data protection, especially by increasing transparency, user control and accountability in big data processing; calls for effective actions maximising benefits of new technologies ensuring full respect for all the fundamental rights;