36 Amendments of Michał BONI related to 2017/2068(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 8 April 2014 which invalidated the EU Data Retention Directive,
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
- Having regard to the Report of the Conference on jurisdiction in cyberspace held on the 7th and 8th of March 2016 in Amsterdam,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas there was an increase of 20% in the attacks on the servers of the European Commission in 2016 compared to 2015;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. Whereas the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2017 lists massive incident of data fraud or theft as one of the five major global risks in terms of likelihood;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. Whereas the fight against cybercrime is a priority under the European Agenda on Security of 28 April 2015, which includes a commitment from the Commission to review obstacles to cybercrime investigations, notably on rules on access to evidence and information;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the sharp increase in ransomware, botnets and the unauthorised impairment of computer systems has an impact on the security of individuals, the availability and integrity of their personal data, as well as on the protection of privacy and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Strongly urges those Member States that have not yet done so to transpose Directive 2011/93/EU on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child pornography; calls on the Commission to strictly monitor its full and effective implementation, and to report back to Parliament, and its committee responsible, on its findings in a timely manner;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores that half of the companies in Europe have experienced at least one cyber security incident and that cyber-attacks against businesses often remain undetected or unreported; believes that the obligation to disclose security breaches introduced by the GDPR will help to address this problem;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Is highly concerned with the recent global ransomware attack, which appeared to have affected tens of thousands computers in nearly 100 countries and numerous organisations, inter alia the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK, the highest-profile victim of this extensive malware hit; recognises, in this context, the important work of the No More Ransom (NMR) initiative which provides over 40 free decryption tools allowing victims of ransomware worldwide to decrypt their affected devices;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Acknowledges that technological advances in encryption allow legitimate users to better protect their data, but points out that malicious users might deploy the samesimilar techniques to conceal their criminal activities and identities;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to step up their efforts in relation to victim identification and victim-centred services; Calls therefore for the setting up of related platforms as a matter of urgency and for the strengthening of existing databases within Europol with the aim of ensuring that all internet users are aware of the risks and know how to appeal for help in case they are illegally targeted online;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Welcomes, in this regard, the investment of EU funds in research projects such as the public-private partnership (PPP) on cybersecurity, to foster European cyber-resilience through innovation and capacity building; recognises particularly the efforts made by the Cybersecurity-PPP to develop appropriate responses to handling zero- day vulnerabilities;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Member States to step up information exchanges and best practices sharing on the challenges they face in the fight against cybercrime, as well as on solutions to address them;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to launch awareness-raising campaigns, including educational programs in primary and secondary schools, to ensure that citizens, in particular children and other vulnerable users, and the private sector are aware of the risks posed by cybercrime, and to promote the use of security measures such as encryption;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to launch awareness-raising campaigns to ensure that citizens, in particular children and other vulnerable users, and the private sector are aware of the risks posed by cybercrime, and to promote the use of security measures such as encryption or other security and privacy enhancing technologies;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Urges the Member States to consider including in the computing education curricula of primary and secondary schools a component dedicated to cybersecurity, which would contribute to the prevention of cybercrime;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Believes that with the innovation and growing accessibility of the IoT devices, special attention shall be given to the security of all, even very simple devices; urges the Commission and Member States to promote the security by design approach and urges the industry to include by design security solutions in all these devices;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that innovation should not be hampered by unnecessary red tape for software developers and hardware producers; encourages the private sector to implement voluntary measures aimed at bolstering trust in the security of software and devices, such as the IoT trust label; encourages the private sector to exchange information on the cybersecurity threats;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Encourages service providers to join the established Code of Conduct on illegal online hate speech and encourages the Commission and participating companies to continue cooperation on that issue;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to investigate the legal scope for improving the accountability of service providers and for imposing an obligation to respond to foreign EU law-enforcement requests;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States to impose the same encryptionsecurity obligations on online service providers as those, which apply to, including privacy-enhancing technologies on all providers, online service providers and providers of traditional telecommunications services;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Is concerned that a considerable number of cybercrimes remain unpunished; emphasises the need to allow lawful access to relevant information, even if it has been encrypted, if such access is imperative for reasons of security and justicefor sufficient capabilities of judicial and law enforcement authorities to lead legitimate investigations;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Urges the Member States to exchange best practices regarding the circumvention of encryption and to cooperate, in consultation with the judiciary, in aligning the conditions for the lawful use of investigative tools online;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that lawful hackinginterception must be a measure of last resort, which has to be necessary, proportionate, based on due legal process and in full compliance with fundamental rights and EU data protection and case law; calls on all Member States to establish clear rules regarding the authorisation process for lawful hackinginterception activities, including restrictions on the use and duration of lawful hackinginterception tools, to set up an oversight mechanism, and to provide effective legal remedies for the targets of these hackinginterception activities;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Stresses the need to prioritize the development of shared procedural standards on enforcement jurisdiction in cyberspace, at European and in the long term, at global level, which determine the territorial factors that provide grounds for the applicable law in cyberspace and define investigative measures which can be used regardless of geographic borders; welcomes, in this regard, the work done by the Cloud Evidence Group of the Council of Europe;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28b. Recognizes that such a common European approach, which needs to respect fundamental rights and privacy, will build trust among stakeholders, reduce the treatment delays of cross- border requests, establish interoperability among heterogeneous actors and give the opportunity to incorporate due process requirements in operational frameworks;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Underlines the importance of close cooperation between law enforcement authorities and the private sector on the issue of access to e-evidence; Underlines that establishment of 24/7 Single Points of Contact within Member States will improve direct cooperation with service providers, facilitate access to e-evidence and sharing of information as well as accelerate the MLA proceedings; urges the Member States concerned to eliminate criminal law provisions prohibiting domestic service providers from responding to foreign law enforcement requests;
Amendment 366 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission to put forward a European legal framework for e- evidence, including harmonised rules to determine the status of a provider as domestic or foreign, and to impose an obligation on service providers to respond to requests based on due legal process from third countries, with a view to ensuring legal certainty for stakeholders and removing obstacles to cooperation;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Deplores that currently no EU- standards for training and certification exist; acknowledges that future trends in cybercrime require an increasing level of expertise from practitioners; welcomes that existing initiatives such as the European Cybercrime Training and Education Group (ECTEG), the Training of Trainers (TOT) Project and the training activities under the EU Policy Cycle framework are already paving the way towards addressing the expertise gap at EU level;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Underlines that the number of cybercrime offences referred to Eurojust has increased by 30 %; Calls for sufficient funding and posts to be made available to the European Union’s Judicial Cooperation Unit (Eurojust) to allow the agency to cope with its increasing workload, as well as to develop and strengthen further its support to national cybercrime prosecutors in cross-border cases, including via the recently established European Judicial Cybercrime Network;
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Underlines the necessity to renew the mandate and provide sufficient funding to ENISA to allow it to enhance its capabilities to prevent and fight cybercrime;
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Calls on the Member States to ensure sufficient capacity for handling MLA requests related to investigations in cyberspace and to develop relevant training programmes for the staff responsible for handling such requests;
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Calls on the Commission in cooperation with Member States, the associated European bodies and where necessary third countries to consider new ways to efficiently secure and obtain e- evidence hosted in third countries, in full compliance with fundamental rights and EU data protection law, by accelerating and streamlining the use of mutual legal assistance proceedings and where applicable mutual recognition;
Amendment 427 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 b (new)
Paragraph 40 b (new)
40b. Calls on all Member States to participate in the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise (GFCE) in order to facilitate the establishment of partnerships to build capacity;
Amendment 431 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41 a (new)
Paragraph 41 a (new)
41a. Calls on the Member States that have not yet done so to ratify and implement fully the Convention on Cybercrime of 23 November 2001;