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Mr President, like others before me, I would like to thank Mrs Roure very much on behalf of my group for the work that she has done on this report and the improvements we think have been brought to the initial proposal.
I also welcome the Commissioner’s comments tonight in terms of his strong commitment to a rapid completion of the timetable for this framework decision. Parliament, like the Commission, also feels that as we move further down the road of data collection and data exchange, it is absolutely essential that we have safeguards in place. If more and more data is to be readily available on that principle – online and cross-border – we need those clear rules: not least for the agencies involved – they need to be clear about what it is they have and how it can be used – but equally, because people need to have confidence that this data will be used appropriately. They want to feel that it will be protected and not easily available to private parties. So we agree on the need for strict regulation and penal sanctions in that area.
We are also clear – not least because of the recent issues about transfer of passenger data – that when we are handing data to third countries, when they are involved, we need clear safeguards as to where that data may end up and under what circumstances. We also welcome the fact that their data, too, will be assessed against fundamental rights. I think it is a tragedy that we have to think in those terms these days, but we do. Maybe what we are looking at here is a new definition of a ‘safe’ third country, at least in terms of its information.
People also want to have confidence that data will be used appropriately and for the purpose for which it was collected, although we think it is totally appropriate that different categories of data, whether on suspects, convicted people, witnesses, victims, etc., are differently treated. Again, it gives clarity and facilitates communication.
We also welcome the amendment stipulating that data relating to people not under suspicion should be used solely for the purpose collected. We hope that Member States would operate to that standard domestically, but I know of at least one where DNA data has been retained when it should not have been. So the additional safeguards concerning DNA and biometrics put into Article 6 are also very welcome to us.
We need data we can trust – maybe that is something we cannot guarantee in a framework directive; but we also need to have confidence that the data collected is used appropriately and that rights are safeguarded while we are able to trace criminal activity more effectively."@en1
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