“Minister Opstelten wins prize for largest privacyschender”

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Minister Ivo Opstelten of Security and Justice has a Big Brother Award, a prize for the largest privacyschenders, inter alia, to the hackbevoegdheid of the police. It is his fourth ‘price’. Also the Dutch schools were an award.

Minister Opstelten, that as many as 66 percent of the votes, was nominated because he was the hold, although the European directive on which that law is based by the European Court of Justice of the table is swept. Also the process of getting the plans to the police systems of suspects to hacking, he was not resented, as well as the storage of license plate data and location data. In addition, would the minister have been found guilty of the ‘structurally ignoring concerns about privacy’, and he would all the Dutch people in advance as suspects treat.

Burgerrechtenorganisatie Bits of Freedom, presented the prizes Tuesday night in the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam. In addition Opstelten was collegaminister Lodewijk Asscher of Social Affairs nominated, because of a law that the Tax fraud late detection through data mining. More information about pensions, debt, benefits, permits and health insurance to be searched to find patterns of fraud. Privacyactivisten find that citizens in advance are treated as criminals. Finally, the Tax and customs administration was nominated, because of its ‘almost unlimited appetite for information about Dutch citizens’.

The cabinet said in a satirical, if a secret ‘leaked’ document drawn up – written response that ‘Bits of Freedom, apparently, few candidates could be found”. Minister Opstelten said in response, “for a strong rule of law and secure the Netherlands’ and therefore a ‘mixed feeling’ in the price. “The threat of cybercrime and jihadism, we must arm ourselves,” said Opstelten, who also recalling that, according to him, with the privacy in the Netherlands.

The expertprijs goes to the Dutch schools, that the private data of their students provide to software developers of packages that are used to monitor the progress of students to follow. “In the past, you went to school to study, now in order to be considered,” says writer and member of the jury Maxim February in the jury’s report. Also the wider development that students are increasingly being followed, was a response to the schools the price.

Spokeswoman Simone Whale of the PO-raad said in a comment during the awards ceremony for a ‘dilemma’. “Digital learning resources children can really help with learning,” said Whale. “It is so possible for kids to be on their own level and at their own pace to learn.” Whale said sure to want to ensure that collected data cannot be traced back to children and that the storage be better controlled. In addition to the Dutch schools was the eID-scheme nominated.

Incidentally, announced the state secretary Dekker for all the schools the pupils with a pseudonym will indicate, to keep their privacy. Next February, names the researchers Axel Arnbak and Frederik Borgesius part in the jury, as well as members of other civil liberty organisations point.

Last year, winners of minister Opstelten and the Tax department of a Big Brother Award. Opstelten was the price when also because, among other hackbevoegdheid of the police. The minister said at the time that the price to him ‘sticks’. “Of disinterest is absolutely no question”, says Opstelten about the allegation that he has no eye for privacy. “The developments in the field of cybercrime are going to be very fast”, run Opstelten. In the Belgian edition of the Big Brother Awards won include the smartphone and the NSA.