Activities of Baroness Sarah LUDFORD related to 2008/2020(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Problem of profiling, notably on the basis of ethnicity and race, in counter-terrorism, law enforcement, immigration, customs and border control (debate)
Problem of profiling, notably on the basis of ethnicity and race, in counter-terrorism, law enforcement, immigration, customs and border control (debate)
Reports (1)
REPORT Report with a proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council on the problem of profiling, notably on the basis of ethniity and race, in counter-terrorism, law enforcement, immigration, customs and border control PDF (212 KB) DOC (126 KB)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 7 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. Whereas data-mining and profiling blurs the boundaries between permissible targeted surveillance and problematic mass surveillance in which data is gathered because it is useful rather than for defined purposes, amounting potentially to unlawful interference with privacy;
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. Whereas the danger exists that innocent people may be subject to arbitrary stops, interrogations, travel restrictions, surveillance or security alerts due to information added to their profile by a state agent, and that if the information is not promptly removed this could lead through the exchange of data and mutual recognition of decisions to refusals of visas, travel or border admission, placement on watchlists, inclusion on databases, bans on employment or banking, arrest or loss of liberty or other deprivation of rights, all of which may be without redress;
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) all processing of personal data for law enforcement and anti-terrorist purposes must be based on published legal rules imposing limits on use, which are clear, specific and binding and subject to close and effective supervision by independent data protection authorities; 1 Opinion of the European Agency for Fundam and stringent pental Rights on the Proposal for a Council Framework Decisionties for breach onf the use of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data for law enforcement purposes, paragraph 4.ose rules; Or. en
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) existing ECand proposed EU legislation should be examined for the scope it gives for profiling, and EU law reform should be considered if necessary to produce binding rules which avoid any infringement of fundamental rights; the Fundamental Rights Agency should be charged with undertaking such a study in conjunction with the European Data Protection Supervisoraking into account the anticipated Council of Europe recommendation on profiling;
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) there should be an examination of the extent to which Directive 2000/43/EC on equal treatment of persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin prohibits or regulates profiling measures and practices, and consideration of reform to remove the exclusion of airports and ports from its scope;
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point j b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point j b (new)
(jb) the Fundamental Rights Agency should be charged, in conjunction with the European Data Protection Supervisor and in consultation with law enforcement and intelligence agencies, with a study on the actual and potential application of profiling techniques, their effectiveness in identifying suspects and their compatibility with civil liberties, human rights and privacy requirements; Member States should be asked to supply figures on stop and search plus other interventions which result from profiling techniques;