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"Mr President, I would like to make explanations of vote on two reports combined: on the Cappato and Cederschiƶld reports. I voted against both these reports. There is a great danger, first of all, in relation to the blanket retention of information on users. It raises serious questions about civil liberties. With cybercrime we have the situation where new forms of crime are being created. The lack of attention to civil liberties, the lack of attention to people's basic right to privacy is being overlooked. There is a great danger here that in future we will have a society where people are afraid to communicate and use modern technology because they know that their communications will be intercepted, listened to, and be in the hands of people who have no right to them. Before we start looking at bringing in legislation in these areas we should first of all ensure that people's basic rights and civil liberties are protected. Both are enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights and in the EU Treaties. The emphasis here is to use scare-tactic arguments such as the issue of paedophilia, terrorism, drugs or arms trafficking. These are issues which are very emotive. People are very willing to allow legislation to be put in place and oppressive measures to be brought in because they are concerned about these issues. The fact that I voted against does not mean to say that I am not concerned about these issues. But first and foremost we must protect people's basic civil liberties as enshrined in international law. We should not overlook that. What kind of a society will we have if people's basic rights are overlooked in the combating of other crimes? There are a lot of similarities between the two. We have to remember that."@en1
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