Activities of Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA related to 2009/2224(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Internet of Things (short presentation)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Report on the Internet of Things PDF (229 KB) DOC (170 KB)
Amendments (27)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the Internet of Things will permit the networking of mbillions of machines which will be able to communicate and interact with one another via RFID technology combined with an IP address,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas the development of the Internet of Things should be inclusive and accessible to all EU citizens, and should be supported by effective policies aiming at closing the digital gap within the EU, empowering more citizens with e- skills and a knowledge of their digital surroundings,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas that the social outcomes of Internet of Things development are unknown, possibly reinforcing the current or creating a new digital divide,
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to coordinate its work on the Internet of Things with its overall work on the digital agenda;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that the development of an intelligent InternetInternet of Things and its related applications will have a marked impact on the daily lives of Europeans and their habits in the years ahead, leading to a broad range of economic and social changes;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that it is necessary to build an inclusive Internet of Things, avoiding at the outset the risk at both at Member State and regional level of an unequal development, spread and usage of Internet of Thing technologies; notes that the Commission’s communication does not give enough consideration to these issues that optimally should be dealt with before it is further developed;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that in order to make full use of the Internet of Things, both for individual and common benefit, users need to be educated and provided with skills necessary to understand these new technologies, and be motivated and able to make proper use of them;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Calls on the Commission to take into account the less developed regions of the Union in ICT and Internet of Things planning and to secure assets for the purpose of co-financing the implementation of these technologies and other ICT projects in these regions to assure their participation and to prevent their exclusion from common European ventures;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Stresses the importance of studying the social and cultural effects of the Internet of Things, in light of potentially far reaching civilisational transformation that will be caused by these technologies;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – bullet 6 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – bullet 6 a (new)
• the impact of electromagnetic fields on animal, especially birds in cities;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that while passive RFID are limited in range, active RFID can transmit data at much greater distances; stress that clear guidelines for each individual type of RFID must be set out in this regard;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on manufactures to assure the right to ‘chip silence’ by making RFID tags removable or otherwise easily disabled by the consumer after purchase; Stress that the data shared by receiving and transmitting by either passive or active RFID tags should be clearly set out in any documentation;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Believes that consumers should be given the option to opt-in or opt-out to the Internet of Things, including the ability to opt-out of individual Internet of Things technologies without disabling other applications or a device as a whole;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Notes that while RFIDs are important other technologies also form part of the Internet of Things; stress that research, funding and governance issues should also be directed to these technologies;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 e (new)
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Stresses the need for the highest possible device security and secure transmission systems to be included in any Internet of Things technologies in order to prevent fraud and allow for proper device identity authentication and authorisation; notes the potential for identification and product fraud through the cloning of Internet of Things tags or the interception of shared data;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that this trust must be based on a clear legal framework including rules governing the control, collection, processing, and use of the data collected and transmitted by the Internet of Things and the types of consent need from consumers;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses that the governance of the Internet of Things must keep ‘red tape’ to a minimum and associate all relevant stakeholders in the decision-making process and calls therefore for a proper and adequate regulation at EU level;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Believes that the Internet of Things and ICT projects in general require broad information campaigns to explain to citizens the purpose of their implementation; stresses that informing society about the need for and benefits of items such as RFID is crucial to avoid this project to be misinterpreted and not supported by citizens;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7d. Notes that the Internet of Things will lead to the collection of truly massive amounts of data; in this regard, calls on the Commission to submit a proposal for the adaptation of the European Data Protection Directive to address the date collected and transmitted by the Internet of Things;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7e. Believes that a general principle should be adopted in that Internet of Things technologies should be design to collect and use only the absolute minimum amount of data needed to complete its function and prevented from collecting any supplementary data;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 f (new)
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7f. Calls for a high level of the data shared by the Internet of Things to be made anonymous before transmitting in order to secure privacy;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to continue and increase funding of projects under the Seventh Framework Programme in the field of the Internet of Things in order to bolster the European ICT sector, and endorses the use of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) to promote its expansion; stress that to become a market leader in this field, the Union must adopt a proactive approach, boosting research and encouraging pilot projects;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Endorses the intention of the Commission to continue to monitor and assess the need for additional harmonised spectrums for specific Internet of Things purposes and asks the Commission to include this in any discussion of the digital dividend; stress that such spectrums should be remain publicly held and their use should be regulated in such a way as to help encourage and fund greater technological research and development in this domain;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Emphasises the key role that cregional and local authorities will play in the development of the Internet of Things, moving it beyond the purely private sphere; points also to the extensive use that local authorities can make of the Internet of Things, such as in the organisation of public transport, waste collection, calculation of pollution levels and traffic management, etc.; calls on the Commission to consult all political levels in its work on the Internet of Things in a spirit of multilevel governance;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Believes in the importance of ensuring that all fundamental rights, not only privacy, are protected in the process of Internet of Things development;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls for the development of the Internet of Things infrastructure to be based on openness, transparency and neutrality of technologies;