Activities of Jürgen CREUTZMANN related to 2011/2025(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a comprehensive approach on personal data protection in the European Union
Amendments (7)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls for a swift revision of the existing EU legislative framework on data protection, especially in view of the mounting threat to personal data posed by new forms of data processing, such as profiling or the unwanted transfer of data;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises the need for a coherent application of data protection rules to facilitate the smooth functioning of the internal market, taking into account the impact of new technologies on individuals’ rights, while ensuring free circulation of personal data to facilitate the smooth functioning of the internal marketwhere this does not harm the legitimate interests of the persons concerned;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that profiling should, in principle, only be permitted where there is a solid legal basis, or if the persons concerned freely give their informed consent which can be revoked at any time;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need for awareness-raising activities on data protection for service providers, as well as for citizens and consumers, to ensure that the rules on consent are implemented in a uniform way, especially in the online environment;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that economic activities should never be carried out without input from those concerned; the latter must also always be given sufficient information to exercise their right to decide for themselves;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for efforts to develop and support instruments that make it more attractive for business to agree on self- regulation, as this is significantly more effective than excessive state control;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls on the Commission not to propose too extensive a level of harmonisation that would inhibit tried and tested data protection systems such as in-house data protection controls carried out by a company’s own data controllers backed up by external checks by the State data protection supervisory authorities;