1 Amendments of Jan Philipp ALBRECHT related to 2016/2271(INI)
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Calls for commercial software and hardware producers to be held responsible for assuring safety and security standards according to the available state of the art technology; stresses that regarding the Internet of Things, producers are the key starting point for tightening up liability regimes which will lead to a better quality of products. If a device that can be connected to the internet is sold in the EU, it shall comply with the following rules: - all external accesses to the device must be documented, - these external accesses must be secured against unauthorized persons during the installation at the latest; No default passwords may be used, - there must be a documented possibility for updates for which producers are responsible.