Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-09-06-Speech-4-095"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-09-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VOTE2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010906.5.4-095"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-09-06-Speech-4-0932
lpv:speaker	lp:Erik Meijer2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialistische Partij (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Temporary committee on human genetics and other new technologies in modern medicine (2000-12-13--2001-11-29)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2000-11-09--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Many people in the Netherlands have self-adhesive labels on their letter boxes against commercial printed matter. It has increasingly become the norm that ignoring this sign is rude and even unlawful. Such a regulation has meanwhile become known as an opt-out, whereby the recipients themselves must make it known that they do not wish to receive such mail. An opt-in, which requires an instruction that one wish to receive commercial mail, would be preferable still. In the case of electronic communication, there is even more reason for having such an opt-in, for it would prevent consumers from being harassed by unwanted communications they receive and need to delete, and for which they also have to pay. Moreover, the e-mail system is also being weighed down by this deluge of advertising and is thus becoming unusable for reliable communications. The Commission is right to propose such an opt-in in Article 13. I am rather shocked by the view of the rapporteur, who appears to choose an opt-out which will only free consumers from the inconvenience after they have expressly lodged their protests. Furthermore, people have already had bad experiences with pledges from organisations which make their money through direct marketing. The protection of privacy, which the Directive is right to have as its objective, is seriously threatened by Mr Cappato’s view."@en1

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