European Parliament: Security yes, but fundamental user rights too

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: WWWhatsup <joly () punkcast com>
Date: March 28, 2009 4:17:11 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Fwd: European Parliament: Security yes, but fundamental user  
rights too

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> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:24:12 +0100
> From: Marcin Cieslak <saper () saper info>
>
> In a recently published European Parliament recommendation of 26  
> March 2009 to the Council on strengthening security and fundamental  
> freedoms on the Internet (2008/2160(INI))
>
> Among others:
>
> "transparency, respect for privacy and an environment of trust  
> amongst I-stakeholders should be considered indispensable elements  
> in order to build a sustainable security vision for the Internet,"
>
> "on the Internet, freedom of expression and privacy can at the same  
> time be both better enhanced and more exposed to intrusions and  
> limitations by both private and public actors,"
>
> "these crimes must be countered effectively and decisively, without  
> altering the fundamental free and open nature of the Internet,"
>
> "in a democratic society, it is the citizens who are entitled to  
> observe and to judge daily the actions and beliefs of their  
> governments and of private companies that provide them with  
> services; whereas technologically advanced surveillance techniques,  
> sometimes coupled with the absence of adequate legal safeguards  
> regarding the limits of their application, increasingly threaten  
> this principle,"
>
> Accepted with 481 votes in favour, 25 against and 21 abstentions.
> The recommendation text: http://42.pl/u/1AvQ
>
> Press release: http://42.pl/u/1AvR
>
> I think this is a very important resolution, sadly without direct  
> legal value. It's the first time the European Parliament has  
> addressed the cybersecurity issues.
>
> --
>             << Marcin Cieslak // saper () saper info >>

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