Activities of Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI related to 2020/2217(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
European strategy for data – Commission evaluation report on the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation two years after its application (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a European strategy for data
Amendments (41)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
1. Ensuring the trust (Subtitle 1)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to create a genuine single market for data as it will be the backbone of Europe’s data economy; considers that ensuring trust in digital services is fundamental for the digital single market and should be at the heart of both public policy and business models;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights that information security and privacy is a key challenge in promoting data sharing; reminds the Expert Group report1a findings about the limited trust currently existing between a given private company or civil-society organisation and the public-sector body as it comes to the storage, access and processing of data which further prevents those collaborations from happening; in this respect understands that data providers may not be comfortable to share their data in the absence of the information security and privacy; calls on the Commission to firstly ensure significant improvement of security and privacy during the storage, access and processing of data in the public-sector before introducing a new framework; __________________ 1aTowards a European strategy on business-to-government data sharing for the public interest, Final report prepared by the High-Level Expert Group on Business-to-Government Data Sharing, 2020
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. General principles of the Data strategy proposals (Subtitle 2)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Commission to follow the Expert Group report1a recommendations to carry out studies in order to obtain further empirical evidence, including of the macroeconomic and social benefits of B2G data sharing for the public interest; __________________ 1aTowards a European strategy on business-to-government data sharing for the public interest, Final report prepared by the High-Level Expert Group on Business-to-Government Data Sharing, 2020
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Stresses that any strategy or proposal from the Commission should be accompanied by documents which inter alia include best practices, cost-benefit analyses, statistics and quantification of the detailed financial burden on the Union budget, the budgets of the Member States and operational costs for businesses, including SMEs;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Highlights the existing positive examples in B2B and B2G data sharing; calls on the Commission to test its goals using data-sharing pilots and sandboxes; stresses that without proven success, efficiency and value for money of pilot projects, the Union should neither support nor finance any complex project related to the digital transformation, including data sharing;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Asks the Commission to coherently define how new provisions interact with other legal instruments, such as GDPR, the free flow of non-personal data in the European Union and revised rules on open data and the reuse of public-sector information, since their impact on the single market for data is still unknown;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Calls on the Commission to promote sharing of all, not only high- quality data, and to introduce data-quality indicators, to measure consistency, timeliness and content quality;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that increasing the level of data exchange between private and public entities is an essential factor in creating new products and services, improving the quality of public services in all areas and strengthening the competitiveness of European businesses in the global marketplace;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that increasing the level of data exchange between private and public entities is an essential factor in creating new products and services, improving the quality of public services in all areas and strengthening the competitiveness of European businesses in the global marketplace;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Personal data spaces (subtitle 3)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 i (new)
Paragraph 1 i (new)
1i. Asks the Commission to provide an evidence on how many consumers are interested in Personal data spaces;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission to empower consumers to put them in control of their data and to ensure that the single market for data is grounded in European values and fairness in competition; believes that citizens’ data could help in developing innovative green solutions and services, including green and digital, that would benefit European consumers and companies; asks the Commission to consider how to support data altruismsharing in full compliance with European legislation;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Reminds that Commission´s Evaluation report on GDPR confirms that the GDPR, together with the Free Flow of Non-Personal Data Regulation ensures the free flow of data within the EU; urges the Commission, to properly describe reasons for the necessity of further legislation on Data spaces in order to avoid unnecessary administrative or regulatory burden;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the EU's priority should primarily be to create effective financial and legal incentives for private entities to make their data available on a voluntary basis; stresses that the establishment of mandatory access to data should only take place in specific cases justified by an essential public interest;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the EU's priority should primarily be to create effective financial and legal incentives for private entities to make their data available on a voluntary basis; stresses that the establishment of mandatory access to data should only take place in specific cases justified by an essential public interest;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Single European data space (Subtitle 4)
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that the European Parliament recommended to the Commission to consider analyses of certain data related measures in recently adopted resolution Digital Services Act: Improving the functioning of the Single Market;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the results of the Commission's cooperation with the Member States on increasing the supply of high-value datasets in the common European data space within the framework of the Committee on open data and the re-use of public sector information; encourages the Commission to prepare a cost-benefit analysis of the extension of the list of data sets made available free of charge and without restrictions to further areas with the highest potential for use in innovative technologies, such as artificial intelligence;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the results of the Commission's cooperation with the Member States on increasing the supply of high-value datasets in the common European data space within the framework of the Committee on open data and the re-use of public sector information; encourages the Commission to prepare a cost-benefit analysis of the extension of the list of data sets made available free of charge and without restrictions to further areas with the highest potential for use in innovative technologies, such as artificial intelligence;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends further strengthening interoperability and establishing consensus-based, industry-led common standards in order to guarantee that the movement of data between different machines and entities can take place in an innovative manner; calls for common, uniform and structured European guidelines for data formats, which should be machine-readable and based on open standards of recording;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends further strengthening interoperability and establishing consensus-based, industry-led common standards in order to guarantee that the movement of data between different machines and entities can take place in an innovative manner; calls for common, uniform and structured European guidelines for data formats, which should be machine-readable and based on open standards of recording;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes the need for a coherent definition of machine-to-machine communication, which is essential for the dissemination, implementation and development of solutions using IoT technology and strengthening the potential of edge computing;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes the need for a coherent definition of machine-to-machine communication, which is essential for the dissemination, implementation and development of solutions using IoT technology and strengthening the potential of edge computing;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for an increase in the availability of raw and anonymised data in the business-to-government and business-to-business communication, particularly in the case of data which have been generated in connection with the provision of services of general interest, are of public interest or in connection with the performance of publicly co-financed tasks; stresses that because of their importance and high value for society, such data should be made available and reusable for the general good while respecting the principles of personal data protection;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for an increase in the availability of raw and anonymised data in the business-to-government and business-to-business communication, particularly in the case of data which have been generated in connection with the provision of services of general interest, are of public interest or in connection with the performance of publicly co-financed tasks; stresses that because of their importance and high value for society, such data should be made available and reusable for the general good while respecting the principles of personal data protection;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Stresses that implementing and enforcing the proposed new framework on trustworthy data governance requires access to code and data by competent authorities and, in case of certain high- risk technologies such as applications used by government authorities on citizens, by the public; considers that intellectual property rights shall not obstruct such access;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Stresses the need to streamline and regulate the exchange of data between public entities (G2G, Government-to- Government) in cross-border relations; notes that the gradual expansion of the scope and scale of data exchange between public institutions, for instance in the area of justice, can lead to a more effective fight against crime and more efficient handling of cross-border disputes;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Asks the Commission to particularly take into consideration the issues of confidentiality and protection of trade secrets in the context of the Data Economy very carefully;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the data- sharing culture, led by example and share their data in the visible, users friendly, transparent and easily automated process;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the importance of cloud services, which are an essential tool for data collection and processing, in terms of fully exploiting the potential of the digital economy; underlines that the new regulations should ensure the transferability of data between different service providers, as well as taking into account the problem of securing and recovering data from the cloud provider when it ceases to carry out such activities.
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the importance of cloud services, which are an essential tool for data collection and processing, in terms of fully exploiting the potential of the digital economy; underlines that the new regulations should ensure the transferability of data between different service providers, as well as taking into account the problem of securing and recovering data from the cloud provider when it ceases to carry out such activities.
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Highlights the importance of the central national registers of all G2G and G2B contracts in some Member States; reiterates that user friendly platforms offering the access to all public contracts in one place and data contained in these documents are fundamental not only in order to ensure transparency of public administration but they also serve as a great source of data; stresses that public sector should be an example of efficient and comprehensive data sharing; asks the Commission to prepare a legislative proposal in order to make such practices compulsory in all Member States;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses that, although the General Data Protection Regulation has been in force for more than two years, there is still a lack of practical tools enabling individuals to exercise their right to transfer personal data between administrators in a convenient and user- friendly manner; draws attention to the need to create an automated, secure and transparent system to enforce the right of individuals to manage their personal data;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses that, although the General Data Protection Regulation has been in force for more than two years, there is still a lack of practical tools enabling individuals to exercise their right to transfer personal data between administrators in a convenient and user- friendly manner; draws attention to the need to create an automated, secure and transparent system to enforce the right of individuals to manage their personal data;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. European cloud services (subtitle 5)
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need to improve access to European cloud services and to address interoperability issues, includingperly assess the idea of European cloud services, including cost-benefit analyses to build cloud infrastructure and to create system superstructure on top of existing cloud services including cloud services based outside of the EU territory; considers the need to analyse interoperability issues, the need to create and improve codes of conduct, certification and standards, in a ‘cloud rulebook’; considers proportionality to be the guiding principle for data quality and interoperability requirements; calls on the Commission to consider promoting existing standards to avoid unnecessary transaction costs and to provide high quality standards for sectors and data spaces of high importance for significant societal challenges. ;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines the need to promote the most cost-effective cloud service solution in the Union regardless of their origin, highlights that both private and public sectors rely mostly on already existing cloud services provided by well- established global private companies in third countries;
Amendment 104 #
14a. Highlights that it would be impossible to fully exploit the potential of the data economy without ensuring an adequate level of knowledge and skills in data management for the law enforcement and judicial administration staff; notes that digital skills play a crucial role in the process of digitisation of the justice system in all Member States; stresses that this process faces many barriers when it comes to the effective and secure collection, processing and exchange of digital data;
Amendment 104 #
14a. Highlights that it would be impossible to fully exploit the potential of the data economy without ensuring an adequate level of knowledge and skills in data management for the law enforcement and judicial administration staff; notes that digital skills play a crucial role in the process of digitisation of the justice system in all Member States; stresses that this process faces many barriers when it comes to the effective and secure collection, processing and exchange of digital data;