Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE)

• Contact details of all Members of this Committee.

The Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE) has voted on 20th February 2013.

It adopted a disastrously badly drafted Opinion on data protection. The effect of the adopted text would be to effectively rip up decades of privacy legislation in Europe, undermining trust and confidence – to the detriment of both citizens and business.

But the majority was not huge! It is becoming increasingly difficult in the Parliament to find majorities for measures which are destructive to citizens’ rights – we now have to concentrate our efforts on the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) and Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (LIBE).

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Why not familiarise yourself with the most important arguments here, or ask for your MEP to support or reject certain amendments below.
Example:

Dear <Name of the MEP>,

The ITRE Committee will soon be voting on the Commission proposal for a General Data Protection Regulation. This is a unique opportunity for MEPs to defend European citizens’ rights to privacy and data protection. This cannot be achieved by creating exemptions and thereby protections for US big companies to the detriment of European citizens and small businesses.

You have the chance to develop a strong legal framework, inspiring good practice by business, guided by clear, predictable legal principles and enforcement, in an environment of trust.

1. Example: I am therefore asking you to support <insert examples of key issues, e.g. a strong definition of consent / a narrow framing of legitimate interest / a clarification of the right to erasure / a general prohibition for all kinds of profiling.>
2. Example:  I am therefore asking you to support / reject the following amendments : List of Amendments

Yours sincerely,

<your name>
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The contact details of all Parliamentarians in this Committee are here.

Amendments

• Good amendments that should be adopted:

- Please support AM 195 because it strenghtens users’ rights and ensures informed consent http://parltrack.euwiki.org/dossier/2012/0011(COD)#am-195-PE-502.053

- It is in my legitimate interest to have my data protected. Please support AM 369 to ensure control over our personal data! http://parltrack.euwiki.org/dossier/2012/0011(COD)#am-369-PE-502.055

- Support AM 323: The definiton of the ‘data subject’ is crucial & takes into account the notion of ‘singling out’ http://parltrack.euwiki.org/dossier/2012/0011(COD)#am-323-PE-502.053

- Support a clear and implementable definition of privacy by design and by default! Please adopt AM 593 http://parltrack.euwiki.org/dossier/2012/0011(COD)#am-593-PE-502.055

- Support AM 673 and 675 to ensure that data breaches are reported and not swept under the rug! http://parltrack.euwiki.org/dossier/2012/0011(COD)#am-673-PE-502.055

- AM 538 should be supported since we need increased protection with regard to profiling: http://parltrack.euwiki.org/dossier/2012/0011(COD)#am-538-PE-502.055

- Please support AM 394 since it is crucial to be able to give our explicit consent for all types of data. There should be no categorisation: http://parltrack.euwiki.org/dossier/2012/0011(COD)#am-394-PE-502.055

- Please support AM 382 since personal data should not be processed by direct marketing without citizens’ consent:  http://parltrack.euwiki.org/dossier/2012/0011(COD)#am-382-PE-502.055

• Bad amendments that should be rejected:

- AM 198 should be rejected since it is watering down the notion of consent. The definitions  should not be amended: http://parltrack.euwiki.org/dossier/2012/0011(COD)#am-198-PE-502.053

- AM 198 should be rejected since “explicit” must be kept in the text! We need to defend the right to say yes or no to the collection of our data: http://parltrack.euwiki.org/dossier/2012/0011(COD)#am-198-PE-502.053

- AM 198 should be rejected since it inserts the idea of an undefined context based approach which is confusing and unnecessary: http://parltrack.euwiki.org/dossier/2012/0011(COD)#am-198-PE-502.053

- Please reject AM 594. Companies cannot be expected to adopt privacy by design and by default if these important principles are called “burdens” in the Regulation: http://parltrack.euwiki.org/dossier/2012/0011(COD)#am-594-PE-502.055

- Ask the pros! AMs 674 and 676 should be rejected since we should not let companies decide how badly a data breach may affect our right to privacy http://parltrack.euwiki.org/dossier/2012/0011(COD)#am-674-PE-502.055

- AMs 501 & 502 should be rejected since we need to preserve data portability. Citizens’ right to choose the best company and not be locked-in to services must be supported: http://parltrack.euwiki.org/dossier/2012/0011(COD)#am-501-PE-502.055

- AM 373 should be rejected since it is contrary to everything else in the Regulation and would seriously undermine our right to privacy: http://parltrack.euwiki.org/dossier/2012/0011(COD)#am-373-PE-502.055
The most important MEPs of this Committee are:

Role	MEP	Group	Contact
Rapporteur Sean Kelly		EPP	E-mail: sean.kelly@europarl.europa.euBuilding Altiero Spinelli 08F353 60, rue Wiertz, 1047 Bruxelles Tel.: +322 28 45206 — +322 28 47206 Fax: +322 28 49206
Shadow Silvia-Adriana Ticau		S&D	E-mail: silviaadriana.ticau@europarl.europa.eu Building Altiero Spinelli 13G253 60, rue Wiertz, 1047 Bruxelles Tel.: +322 28 45838 — +322 28 47838 Fax: +322 28 49838
Shadow Adina-Ioana Valean		ALDE	E-mail: adinaioana.valean@europarl.europa.eu Building Altiero Spinelli 08G342 60, rue Wiertz, 1047 Bruxelles Tel.: +322 28 45861 — +322 28 47861 Fax: +322 28 49861
Shadow Giles Chichester		ECR	E-mail: giles.chichester@europarl.europa.eu Building Willy Brandt 06M121 60, rue Wiertz, 1047 Bruxelles Tel.: +322 28 45296 — +322 28 47296 Fax: +322 28 49296
Shadow Amelia Andersdotter		Greens/EFA	E-mail: Amelia.andersdotter@europarl.europa.euBuilding Altiero Spinelli 06E264 60, rue Wiertz, 1047 Bruxelles Tel.: +322 28 45922 — +322 28 47922 Fax: +322 28 49922