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A European borderless economy — the Digital Single Market

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Speeding up public sector innovation

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Very fast internet supply and demand

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Cloud computing

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Trust and security

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Entrepreneurship and digital jobs and skills

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Beyond R&D&I (3): An industrial agenda for key enabling technologies

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regrets that the Communication did not put any prominent emphasis in its introduction on the importance of the respect of privacy and data protection in the deployment of the actions foreseen therein. He therefore draws the attention of data controllers on the necessity to respect privacy and data protection rules in the design and deployment of new ICT for the digital environment;

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regrets that the Communication did not refer to the current data protection legal framework set forth under Directive 95/46/EC and Directive 2002/58/EC, and to the proposal for a general Data Protection Regulation, which contain the relevant rules and principles to be taken into account for the deployment of ICT in the digital environment;

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regrets that the principle of ‘privacy by design’, which would become a legal obligation under Article 23 of the proposed Data Protection Regulation, has not been emphasised in the Communication. He therefore reminds controllers and ICT designers of the necessity to embed privacy by design in the development of new ICT for the digital environment;

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recommends that R&D instruments are used to increase Europe's capacity to apply the principle of privacy by design in all relevant disciplines and that work programmes and calls for proposals take this objective into account;

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underlines that the interoperability of national databases should only be practiced in full respect of data protection principles, in particular purpose limitation. He furthermore reminds the Commission that there should be an appropriate legal basis for the use of interoperability as a means to facilitate data sharing, together with appropriate data protection safeguards;

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recommends consulting the EDPS before the adoption by the Commission of a Recommendation on safeguarding the open internet for consumers;

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reminds controllers and users that, while cloud computing presents specific challenges in terms of data protection, extensive guidance has been provided by data protection authorities on the application of current data protection law and by the EDPS on the impact of the proposed Data Protection Regulation on those challenges. This guidance should be relied upon in order to foster trust from individuals and from customers, which in turn will ensure the successful deployment of these new technological means.