Activities of Matthias GROOTE related to 2011/2025(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION A comprehensive approach on personal data protection in the European Union
Amendments (5)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the Commission’s efforts to harmonise data protection; calls on the Commission, however, to ensure that harmonisation does not lead to a reduction in the level of data protection;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to amend Directive 97/46/EC not only with regard to the inclusion of additional categories of data (such as genetic data) but so as to take account of the future development of ‘new data’ and to thoroughly revise the Directive in this field;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Invites the Commission to carefully consider the impact on SMEs to ensure they are not disadvantaged, and to reduce the red tape and costs faced by SMEs with cross-border operations;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recommends that any concrete implementation of ‘privacy by design’ is based on the existing EU model with respect to goods, to ensure legal certainty, transparency, a level playing field and free movement;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that users of social networking sites can obtain a complete overview of the data which are held concerning themselves without this necessitating an unacceptable cost or effort;