Activities of Dita CHARANZOVÁ related to 2020/2019(INL)
Opinions (1)
OPINION with recommendations to the Commission on Digital Services Act: adapting commercial and civil law rules for commercial entities operating online
Amendments (9)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Whereas the e-commerce Directive1a is the legal framework for online services in the internal market that regulates content management; whereas any fragmentation of that framework, which might result from the revision of the e-commerce Directive should be avoided; __________________ 1a Directive2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market ('Directive on electronic commerce') (OJ L 178, 17.7.2000, p. 1)
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes efforts to bring transparency to advertising online and considers that further clarity and guidance is needed as regards professional diligence and obligations for platforms; believes that where advertisers and advertisement intermediaries are established in a third country, they should designate a legal representative, established in the Union, who can be held accountable for the content of advertisements, in order to allow for consumer redress in the case of false or misleading advertisements;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Asks the Commission to clarify what sanctions or other restrictions those advertisement intermediaries and platforms should be subject to if they knowingly accept false or misleading advertisements; believes that online platforms should activelythrough voluntary measures, monitor the advertisements shown on their sites, in order to ensure they do not profit from false or misleading advertisements, including from influencer marketing content which is not being disclosed as sponsored; underlines that advertisements for commercial products and services, and advertisements of a political or other nature are different in form and function and therefore should be subject to different guidelines and rules;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. While recalling earlier efforts, asks the Commission to further review the practice of End User Licensing Agreements (EULAs) and Terms and Conditions Agreements (T&Cs) and to seek ways to allow greater and easier engagement for consumers, including in the choice of clauses; notes that EULAs and T&Cs are often accepted by users without reading them; moreover notes that when a EULA and T&Cs does allow for users to opt-out of clauses, platformservice providers may require users to do so at each use, often in bad faith, to encourage acceptance;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that a summary text of a T&C and EULA, written in plain and clear language, including the option to "opt out" easily from optional clauses, should be displayed at the start of any such agreement; believes that the Commission should establish a template for T&Cs and EULAs summaries;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that EULAs and T&Cs should always make the sharing of all data with third parties optional unless vital to the functioning of the services; asks the Commission to ensure that consumers can still use a connected device for all its primary functions even if a consumer withdraws their consent to share non- operational data with the device manufacturer or third parties;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Asks the Commission to undertake a revision of Regulation (EU) No 910/20141a (the eIDAS Regulation) in the light of development of virtual identification technologies, including the use of identification applications, in order to ensure that a Virtual "ID" can be used in the same way as a physical card when consumers buy or pay for products and services; __________________ 1a Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 73).
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Asks the Commission to explore the possibility to present, as part of the Digital Services Act Package several proposals, including on contractual rights in the context of supply of digital services, as referred to in recommendations set out in the Annex;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Annex (new)
Annex (new)