Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-03-11-Speech-1-113"
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"en.20020311.8.1-113"2
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"Mr President, the Commission has argued that the right of access to documents and the right to privacy are both legitimate rights and that when they both enter into consideration, a balance has to be struck. However, the idea of striking a balance between them on a case-by-case basis whenever a name is mentioned misrepresents the nature both of dealing with openness in the public sector and the right to privacy. The principle of openness means that public bodies should take decisions as openly as possible and is now defined in the public access regulation. That regulation provides for exceptions to access. The point of this exception is that a public body may, in carrying out its public duties, come into possession of information about the private and family life of individuals. However, there is nothing in Article 286 of the EC Treaty or in the Data Protection Directive to suggest that data protection rules should be applied as a general principle of confidentiality in public administrations so as to require a public balancing exercise whenever a document mentions a name. Such an over-interpretation would damage not only the right of public access to documents, but also the genuine purpose of data protection and the performance of the duties of the Data Protection Supervisor."@en1
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