8 Amendments of Konstantinos POUPAKIS related to 2010/2052(INI)
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that differences in its interpretation and implementation at national level have precluded the desired level of harmonisation and consumer protection and calls on the Commission to harmonise the infringement procedure in respect of Member States which fail correctly to implement the Directive in question;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the joint investigations undertaken by the Member States (‘EU sweeps’); calls for further such investigations, the scope of which should be broadened; calls on the Commission to consider the feasibility of integrating sweeps into the consumer scoreboard monitoring mechanisms;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Deplores the development of ‘hidden’ internet advertising that is not covered by the UCPD (C2C relationships), in the form of comments posted on social networks, forums and blogs, the content of which is difficult to distinguish from mere opinion; considers that there is therefore a risk that consumers will make wrong decisions in the belief that the information on which they are based stems from an objective source;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 3
Paragraph 16 – indent 3
- prohibit the content of private e-mails being read by a third party for advertising purposesensure that advertising practices respect the confidentiality of private correspondence and legislation applicable in this area;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 16 – indent 3 a (new)
- prohibit the sending of spam, i.e. advertising e-mails, unless the consumer has explicitly given his or her consent and unless the identity of the sender is clearly and conspicuously mentioned together with a valid address which the recipient of the message can contact, requesting that communications cease;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Stresses that the issue of ‘children and advertising’ should be addressed as a moral issue, since children do not form a mature segment of the market, since they are the most inexperienced of all consumers and the easiest to influence by means of various advertising practices;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17d. Urges Member States to promote greater protection of vulnerable consumers, such as children, to encourage the media to restrict TV advertising addressed at children during TV programmes watched mainly by the young (such as children’s educational programmes, cartoons, etc.), given that similar measures are already being implemented in some Member States;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – indent 4
Paragraph 20 – indent 4
- insert the words ‘behavioural advertisement’ into the relevant online advertisements, along with a window containing a basic explanation of this practicesince transparency is a basic precondition for users to be able to give their consent to the gathering and further processing of their data; bearing in mind that within the framework of behavioural advertising, users may not be familiar with or understand the technology on which behavioural advertising is based or even that such kinds of advertising practices are being used with them as targets; stresses that it is exceptionally important that a window containing a basic explanation of this practice should appear, since only where users are informed are they truly able to make conscious choices;