6 Amendments of Klára DOBREV related to 2020/2018(INL)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Notes that transparency in an algorithm used for digital products and services is a significant characteristic; upon request of the competent authorities, digital service providers should be obliged to make their proprietary algorithms available, explain the intended goal and compare this goal with the actual outcome; digital service providers should amend and adapt their algorithms immediately when the intended outcome is deemed unlawful or unethical; open- source algorithm libraries should be encouraged as an instrument that increases transparency and accelerates both the technology adoption and the quality of the architecture;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Underlines that in cases of denial of access to a digital product or service, consumers should always be able to inquire about the logic of the decision and the decision-making process; further notes that consumers should always be explicitly informed whether their engagement is with a human or with a machine; emphasises that humans should always have the final responsibility; calls on the Commission to determine the significant role of human operators in the material execution of a decision made by an artificial intelligence (AI) system;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underscores the need for the Digital Single Market policies to identify general standards of acceptable digital infrastructure in the design of the « technological stack » of the digital services or the digital/smart products; asks the Commission to define and apply standards that make sure that hardware, software, code, connectivity systems and storage/data management architecture are set by default in a way that protect the privacy of the consumer, that the consumer’s data are exclusively used within the nodes of the connecting devices that improve the consumer’s experience and they are not transferred to third parties for other commercial uses without the explicit consent of the consumer ;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Believes that the EU should develop its own adequate capacity for cloud services as well as to facilitate the development of a decentralized, interoperable system of data governance that enables the efficient use of local infrastructures, including fog, mist and edge computing; asks on the Commission to enable the development of these local data infrastructures to support the expansion of IoT consumer products, IoT industrial products, and Smart Cities applications;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recommends that the Commission explores the expansion of the definition of abuse of a dominant market position to include therein the possession of significant volumes of data in order to mitigate the concentration of data by large digital service providers and online platforms which may result in self- preferencing activities, higher barriers to entry as well as diminished consumer choice;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Calls on the Commission to continue its exploration of the commercial uses of Blockchain technology, especially in relation to smart contracts and their use in consumer products and services having in mind the consumer protection and privacy requirements;