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Activities of Marietje SCHAAKE related to 2011/2025(INI)

Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on a comprehensive approach on personal data protection in the European Union
2016/11/22
Committee: CULT
Dossiers: 2011/2025(INI)
Documents: PDF(105 KB) DOC(88 KB)

Amendments (8)

Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the necessity of having a better and broader definition of personal data in online and digital technologies, in particular with regard to new forms of individual identification and tracking, to ensure legal certainty in the digital single market;
2011/03/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that adequate mechanisms to record users' consent or revocation of consent should be implemented, whereas the data controller should have the burden of proof that adequate consent has been given by the data subject for all foreseen processing of personal data;
2011/03/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that privacy statements in general are very difficult to read and comprehend for all users, therefore encourages an informative system by which the data subject can understand how his personal data will be processed once consent is given;
2011/03/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that transparency is necessary only for the data subject and not for third parties who have an interest in the personal data of data subjects, unless the issuing of personal data has been granted by a formal court ruling;
2011/03/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the need for specific online data protection measures to protect children and minors; reiterates that media and ICT literacy should be an essential element of formal education in order to instruct children and minors on how to act responsibly in the online environment;
2011/03/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the establishment of specific obligations and requirements when processing data relating to minors, and in particular children, including a prohibition on the collection of sensitive data relating to children; suggests that the collection of personal information from minors should not be allowed unless it is for necessary and lawful purposes;
2011/03/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Suggests a system whereby the level of data protection offered is immediately apparent to the data subject before consent is given, possibly in the form of a grading system, which is overseen by an independent authority;
2011/03/22
Committee: CULT
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to organise public awareness campaigns aimed at minors, and in particular children, highlighting the risks to their privacy in the online environment and, the steps they can take to protect themselves and the need to take their own responsibility;
2011/03/22
Committee: CULT