Activities of Bart GROOTHUIS 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)
Amendments (19)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas data is an essential resource for economic growth, job creation and societal progress and is a key enabler of the transition to green and climate- neutral societies as well as in boosting Europe's global competitiveness;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas incentivising the use of data and increasing data access and availability, together with more legal certainty, will represent a competitive advantage for micro, SMEs and start-ups in order to reap the benefits of the digital transition;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the Union should be an active global player in setting rules and standards based on its values;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication entitled ‘A European strategy for data’; believes that it is a prerequisite for the EU to acquire a leading role in the data economy and for the viability of European industries and nascent AI, and a vital step towards a democratic data society, which will bring better services, growth and jobs;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that the Union’s aim must be an EU-governed, human-centric, data- driven economy and society builtased on trust andhe EU values of privacy, transparency and respect of fundamental rights; and freedoms and thus built on trust and in the interests of European citizens and businesses, in compliance with data protection, competition law and intellectual property rights;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes that the data economy and the cloud infrastructure market is currently dominated by a restricted number of non-European players, acting as de facto rule-setters; stresses that this raises concerns over compliance with EU rules on data protection, market practices, security and users' control over strategic data;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the creation of a data governance framework for common European data spaces, subject to EU rules and covering interoperability, sharing, access and, portability and security of data, to enhance the flow and reuse of industrial and public data both at cross-sector and sector-specific level;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Insists that the data governance model be built on a decentralised data operating environmenCalls on the Commission to assess thoroughly how to build the data governance model; notes that both centralised and decentralised data operating environments entail advantages and risks; acknowledges that the decentralised model offers more guarantees in terms of privacy safeguards and data minimisation, as less data is stored in central servers; stresses that the assessment should duly take into account the cybersecurity aspect;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes the need to help private and public sector actors to identify the data they possess and catalogue and increaseat guidelines and frameworks resulting from the European data strategy should ensure that both private and public sector actors are able to capitalise on the data they generate and possess, increasing and incentivising the findability of data to fuel data spaces; calls on the Commission to fundexplore initiatives to improve the findability of metadata within data spaces;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Recalls that personal and non- personal data, such as industrial data, are not always separable or difficult and costly to separate with the result that a high amount of data remains currently unused; urges the Commission to define guidance on andlawful processing of data and on practices in the utilisation of mixed data sets in industrial environments while guaranteeing privacy rules for personal data, such as standardised criteria to ensure sufficient levels of anonymisation and aggregation, in accordance with data protection legislation; calls on the Commission to consider creating a horizontal and cross- cutting personal data space alongside other data spaces to address the challenge of mixed data sets and empower citizens via, for example, trustworthy intermediators such as MyData operators, which store data with the consent of the owners;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that there are specific circumstances, such as systematic imbalances in B2B data value chains, including in contractual agreements, where access to data should be compulsory e.g. via well-formed APIsAPIs that ensure equal access to all players or implementing competition rules to counter business-to-business unfair or illegal practices, without altering the level playing field;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Considers it important to guarantee that technical support is provided to companies, especially micro, SMEs and start-ups, both at national and European level to enhance the use and sharing of data;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commissall EU Institutions and the Member States as well as local and regional administrations to lead by example and provide real-time services and a policy based on real-time data; stresses that digitisalisation represents an opportunity for Public Administrations (PAs) to reduce unnecessary administrative burdens and existing silos among public bodies and authorities, in order to manage effectively citizens' data;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for more and better secondary uses of anonymised personal data, especially in G2B/G2G exchanges, to boost innovation, and research and servicesimprove services in the public interest;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls that the success of the Union’s data and AI strategies depends on the wider ICT ecosystem, closing the digital gap, developing the IoT, fibre, 5G, 6G, quantum, edge computing, block chain and high-performance computing; recalls that increased connectivity exposes to increased cyber threats and crime and in this context supports the joint and coordinated approach on the EU toolbox on 5G cybersecurity and the secure 5G deployment in the EU;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to co-invest in and create synergies among different spending programmes for the European cloud federation and for the deployment of the underlying high capacity connectivity infrastructures (e.g. submarine cables);
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27 a. Welcomes the upcoming review of the Directive on security of network and information systems (NIS Directive) in order to improve cyber resilience and respond more effectively to cyber-attacks;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Recognises the potential of data access to accelerate scientific research; welcomes the Commission’s work in enabling the sharing of data for research; in the light of the current sanitary crisis, considers it crucial to speed up the creation of a European Health Data Space, which will improve research and enhance the ability to use data, including creating diagnostics that better match patients and medicines; welcomes the development of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) as an open, trusted and federated environment in Europe to store, share and re-use research data across borders;