Pressemitteilung zur Resolution des EU-Parlaments, 29.10.2015 (engl. Originalfassung)
Too little has been done to safeguard citizens' fundamental rights following revelations of electronic mass surveillance, say MEPs in a resolution voted on Thursday. They urge the EU Commission to ensure that all data transfers to the US are subject to an »effective level of protection« and ask EU member states to grant protection to Edward Snowden, as a »human rights defender«. Parliament also raises concerns about surveillance laws in several EU countries. [...]
Data transfers to the US
MEPs welcome the 6 October ruling by the EU Court of Justice (ECJ) in the Schrems case, which invalidated the Commission's decision on the Safe Harbour scheme for data transfers to the US. »This ruling has confirmed the long-standing position of Parliament regarding the lack of an adequate level of protection under this instrument«, they say. [...]
In general, MEPs consider the Commission's response so far to Parliament's 2014 resolution »highly inadequate« given the extent of the revelations of mass surveillance. »EU citizens' fundamental rights remain in danger« and »too little has been done to ensure their full protection,« they say.
Concerns over surveillance laws in several EU countries
Parliament is concerned about »recent laws in some member states that extend surveillance capabilities of intelligence bodies», including in France, the UK and the Netherlands. It is also worried by revelations of mass surveillance of telecommunications and internet traffic inside the EU by the German foreign intelligence agency BND in cooperation with the US National Security Agency (NSA). [...]
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