30 Amendments of Cornelia ERNST related to 2017/2068(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
— having regard to Articles 1, 7, 8, 11, 21, 24, 41, 47, 48, 49, 50 and 52 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CFR),
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the lines between cybercrime, cyber espionage, cyber warfare, cyber sabotage and cyber terrorism are becoming increasingly blurred; whereas cybercrimes can target individuals, public or private entities and cover a wide range of offences, including privacy breaches, copyright infringement, child pornography, online incitement to hate, the dissemination of fake news with malicious intent, financial crime and fraud,such as financial crime and fraud, including payment fraud, theft, identity theft, including privacy breaches, child sexual exploitation, online incitement to hate, sabotage, espionage as well as illegal system interference;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the 2016 IOCTA reveals that cybercrime is increasing in intensity, complexity and magnitude, that reported cybercrime exceeds traditional crime in some EU countries, that it extends to other areas of crime, such as human trafficking, that there has been a growing misuse of encryption and anonymisation tools and that ransomware attacks outnumber traditional malware threats such as Trojans;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. the key focus of cyber-attacks remains on sensitive personal information such as health or financial recordmalware, such as so-called ransomware and banking trojans, but attacks on industrial control systems and networks aimed at destroying economic structures and destabilising societies are growing in number; whereas the majority of international requests for data are related to fraud and financial crime, followed by violent and serious crime;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the TELE2 judgment of the CJEU imposes stringent limits on the processing of bulk telecommunications data as well as police and judicial access to theat data of cybercrime suspects;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas awareness about the risks posed by cybercrime has increased, but precautionarsecurity measures, both on the part of state institutions, individual users and of business, remain absinsufficient;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the constantly growing interconnectedness of people, places and thingdevices and the notorious absence of security updates makes Internet of Things (IoT) devices an ideal target for cybercriminals;
Amendment 93 #
Ia. whereas free and open source software facilitates research and innovation in IT security; whereas free and open source software plays a crucial role for IT security on the internet and on users' devices today;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the constantly changing nature of the cyber-threat landscape presents all stakeholders with serious legal and technological challenges; points, in particular, to the increasing misuse of privacy-enhancing technologies such as onion-routing and the Darknet, as well as to the growing threats posed by hackers sponsored by non- friendly foreign states or extremist political or religious organisations;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. AcknowledgUnderlines that technological advances in encryption allow legitimate users to better protect their data, but points out that malicimprove the overall security of our information systems, including by allowing users, states and businesses to better protect their data, to secure the confidentiality of their communicatiouns users deploy the same techniques to conceal their criminal activities and identitieand to secure their transactions;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. stresses, in this regard, the importance of free and open source software; calls for more EU funds to be made available specifically for free and open source software based research into IT security;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to launch awareness-raising campaigns to ensure that citizens, in particular children and other vulnerable users, and the private sector are aware of the risks posed by cybercrime, and to promote the use of security measures such as encryption and anonymisation tools;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that businesses should conduct regular vulnerability assessments, immediately fix existing vulnerabilities in their products or services and consistently report cyber- attacks;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Believes that innovation should not be hampered by unnecessary red tape for software developers and hardware producers;t is not sufficient to encourages the private sector to implement voluntary measures aimed at bolstering trust in the security of software and devices, such as the IoT trust label; calls on the Commission to explore the whether and how software and hardware developers could be held responsible for failures to comply with security standards;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to investigate the legal scope for improving the accountability of service providers and for imposing an obligation to respond to foreign EU law-enforcement requests;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Member States to impose the same encryption obligations on online service providers as those, which apply to providers of traditional teleinformation society services as those, which apply to electronic communications services;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Underlines that illegcriminal online content, such as child sexual exploitation material, should be removed immediately; welcomes, in this context, the progress achieved concerning the blocking and removal of illegal content online, but stresses the need for a stronger commitment on the part of platform service providers to respond quickly and effectivelycriminal content online;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Is concerned that a considerable number of cybercrimes remain unpunished; emphasises the need to allow lawful access to relevant information, even if it has been encrypted, if such access is imperative for reasons of security and justice;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses that lawful hacking must be a measure of last resort, which has to be necessary, proportionate, and in full compliance with fundamental rights and EU data protection and case law; calls on all Member States to establish clear rules regarding the authorisation process for prior judicial authorization of lawful hacking activities, including restrictions on the use and duration of lawful hacking tools, to set up an oversight mechanism, and to provide effective legal remedies for the targets of these hacking activities;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Underlines the importance of close cooperation between law enforcement authorities and the private sector on the issue of access to e-evidence; urges the Member States concerned to eliminate criminal law provisions prohibiting domestic service providers from responding to foreign law enforcement requests;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission to put forward a European legal framework for e- evidence, including harmonised rules to determine the status of a provider as domestic or foreign, and to impose an obligation on service providers to respond to requests from third countries, with a view to ensuring legal certainty for stakeholders and removing obstacles to cooperation;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37
Paragraph 37
37. Highlights the importance of close cooperation with third countries in the global fight against cybercrime, including through the exchange of best practices, joint investigations, capacity-building, and mutual legal assistance; underlines that such cooperation is detrimental in cases of countries or organisations that sponsor criminal activity on the internet;
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Underlines that strategic and operational cooperation agreements between Europol and third countries facilitate both the exchange of information and practical cooperation; invites Europol to conclude agreements with all countries listed in the annex to the Europol regulation in due course;
Amendment 414 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Takes note of the fact that the highest number of law enforcement requests is sent to the United States and Canada; is concerned that the voluntary disclosure rate of big US service providers in response to requests from European criminal justice authorities falls short of 60 %;
Amendment 422 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Calls on the Commission to put forward concrete measures to address impediments to the exchange of information between European law enforcement authorities, and third countries, notably the quick obtaining, upon a court decision, of relevant evidence, subscriber- related information as well as detailed meta- and content data (if not encrypted) from law-enforcement authorities and/or service providers with a view to improving mutual legal assistance based on relevant international agreements;