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Activities of Martin SCHIRDEWAN related to 2020/2022(INI)

Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on Digital Services Act and fundamental rights issues posed
2020/07/08
Committee: IMCO
Dossiers: 2020/2022(INI)
Documents: PDF(131 KB) DOC(69 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Adam BIELAN', 'mepid': 23788}]

Amendments (3)

Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. States that in general the limited liability provisions as set out in the e- Commerce Directive1 mustshould be maintained and strengthened in the Digital Services Act, particularly in order to protect freedom of expression and the freedom to provide services; underlines the importance of these protections to the growth of European SMEs; considers nevertheless that for commercial activities on online market places a tailored liability regime with proper enforcement mechanisms is necessary in order to guarantee consumer protection and product safety; further considers ex-ante rules for "gate keepers" necessary in order to restore a level playing field in the digital economy; _________________ 1 Directive 2000/31/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.
2020/05/07
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that SMEs and large players have differing capabilities with regard to the moderation of content; warns that overburdening businesses with disproportionate new obligations could further hinder the growth of SMEs and require recourse to automatic filtering tools, which may often lead to the removal of legal content; therefore, demands that when automatic filtering tools are applied, robust safeguards for transparency and accountability should be introduced with highly skilled independent and impartial public oversight;
2020/05/07
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that practices like profiling deeply interfere with people's rights and freedoms; recognizes that the General Data Protection Regulation framework does not adequately protect consumers against profile building and unjustified automated decisions; therefore is the opinion that in order to ensure adequate protection of consumers, personal data should only be used where it’s necessary to provide the service requested;
2020/05/07
Committee: IMCO