The European Parliament has endorsed stricter European privacy rules. As soon as the national EU governments to agree, the new regulations introduced. In addition to the european parliament that cooperation with the United States is limited.
The new, stricter European privacy laws on Wednesday approved, as the european parliament itself known in a statement. The regulations consists of two parts: a regulation and a directive. The scheme, which does not need to be transposed into national legislation, with 621 of 766 votes. The directive was with 371 votes and got a lot more nays: 276. Before the regulation is put in place, should the European governments have yet to agree.
In addition, the european parliament, in a critical report by the committee on Civil Liberties of the european parliament, was drawn up. In that report condemns the european parliament, the massive spying of the NSA and calls for the suspension of the Swift agreement, on the basis of which the data of banking transactions with the US to be exchanged.
Also, the Safe Harbor agreement by the european parliament to be suspended. That agreement ensures that U.s. companies data of Europeans should handle, taking them to European legislation. The American privacy law is less strict than the European one. If the safe harbor agreement is suspended, can Us companies, European law, if it is data of Europeans to handle.
Also speaks to the european parliament, against a further extension of the powers of the Dutch intelligence services. At this moment that internet connections are not unfocused draining; there should be only targeted interception of specific connections take place. The cabinet is in doubt still whether it is to vote with wider powers. The european parliament recommends that the cabinet not to do so.
A call by Mep Judith Sargentini to whistleblower Edward Snowden, that the NSA spying revealed, asylum, was not. “I find it cowardly and inconsequential that the majority of my colleagues in the european parliament did not give him the protection wants to offer that he deserves it,” says Sargentini in a written response.
The new privacy rules include foreign companies which the data of Europeans to handle, adhere to the Dutch law. Don’t they do that, then they can face penalties of up to five percent of their annual sales. In practice this means that a foreign company, for example, an American technology-company, of a European authority consent must before requesting the data transfer to a foreign intelligence service.
Another measure that is adopted, is a more stringent toestemmingseis for the use of private information. Data must not be longer for a different purpose than that for which they were collected. As should customer files cannot be resold, unless users explicitly consent to give. It can, however, that if data are gepseudonimiseerd. Burgerrechtenorganisatie Bit of Freedom to draw on that data in those cases, still to one person traceable.
In addition, the proposed legislation in improving the protection of whistleblowers. “And that is a good thing, too, because Snowden is now in Russia, while here, he also would have to be able to sit,” said GroenLinks-Mep Sargentini. At the same time, is the tracking and profiling of users, according to the new rules is not a significant infringement on privacy. Bits of Freedom has, therefore, disappointed responded.