Ook in 2013 staat privacy hoog op de Liga agenda. We volgen met argusogen de nationale omzetting van de Europese Dataretentierichtlijn die momenteel door de federale kabinetten wordt onderhandeld. We waken over een proportionele uitbreiding van het aantal bewakingscamera's. En binnenort gaan we opnieuw op zoek naar 's lands grootste privacyschenders via onze 3de editie van de Big Brother Awards.

Om het jaar alvast goed in te zetten ondertekende de Liga de "Brusselse Privacy Verklaring", gericht aan Europese Parlementsleden en nationale beleidsmakers met de dringende oproep de bescherming van onze privacy te laten primeren boven het commerciële gewin, hen ingefluisterd door de industriële lobby.

"The Brussels Privacy Declaration"

Privacy is a fundamental human right, but today this right is widely ignored. We are outraged.

We are outraged, because

• we, the citizens, are now kept in hundreds of databases, mostly without our knowledge or consent,
• over 1,200 companies specialize in trading our personal data, mostly without our knowledge or consent,
• every time we browse the internet over 50 companies now monitor every click, mostly without our knowledge or consent,
• we are constantly being categorized and judged by algorithms and then treated according to the "perceived value" we may or may not bring to business without our knowledge and consent, and
• lobbying is currently replacing European citizens' voices and manifest concerns.

We call on the Members of the European Parliament and the governments of all European Member States to enhance and enforce our privacy rights.
We expect the new European rules on data protection to ensure:

• The protection of all personal information including identifiers of hard- and software
• Recognition that every European citizen has the right to effectively control his or her personal information
• Explicit, strong and informed consent for processing of our personal data
• No more coupling of service usage to personal data use (no more 'take-it or leave-it' online)
• Transparency of data processing and data sharing practices.
• 'True' data portability to promote competition and reduce "lock-in" and achieve information self-determination
• Strong protection against secretive profiling of citizens, both on- and offline
• Effective redress mechanisms and sanctions imposed on companies and government bodies that do not respect the law

The future of Europe needs privacy, and we need you to defend this fundamental right now."

De lijst van ondertekenaars vind je hier.

Deze verklaring is een initiatief van Bits of Freedom, Electronic Privacy and Information Center (EPIC), European Digital Rights en Privacy International en ontstond in het kader van de "Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference 2013" die van 23 tot 25 januari in Brussel plaatsvond.

Je kan nog tot woensdag 30 januari de verklaring mee ondertekenen door een mailtje te sturen met jouw naam en land naar sign@brusselsdeclaration.net

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