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"Madam President, I think it is a real achievement for the European Parliament to adopt its position on the regulation before the end of the mandate. This takes us one step closer to securing reform to guarantee one set of substantive privacy rights across Europe. I thank Jan[nbsp ]Albrecht, the rapporteur, for his very energetic steering of our work. We had a few battles, but I think that we all stayed friends.
I am sorry that my ALDE colleague, Alex Alvaro, cannot be here as he is unwell, but I – as shadow to the shadow rapporteur – built on his work and that of his staff. As Liberals, we sought to implement our belief that it is possible to have a synthesis of high data protection standards and support for innovation and jobs in the digital economy. Our aim throughout was to secure a text which is balanced, giving citizens greater control over how their data is used, and by whom, whilst facilitating technological advances, because smart companies know that their business will only prosper on the basis of trust.
It will be essential to have a robust compliance regime and strict enforcement, as otherwise those companies that do play by the rules will lose out. I am pleased that my colleague Simon Hughes, who is the UK Justice Minister, has announced that the UK Government is reviewing the sanctions for breach of privacy under the existing directive. I am glad that we put back the so-called anti-Pfizer clause to protect our citizens against court orders in third countries, and I am still rather shocked that the Commission dropped this provision from its published draft.
I mentioned trust, and a challenge dear to my heart is to safeguard privacy for health data whilst facilitating valuable research. However, that requires the public to have confidence in what is happening; foreseeability; belief that there are strong safeguards in place; and strict sanctions. I regret the fiasco of the UK implementation of a project called ‘Care Data’ which has had to be delayed because it has very poor management which is losing citizens’ trust in this area."@en1
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