Accidents et incidents dans l'aviation civile
Avis sur la proposition de règlement du Parlement européen et du Conseil sur les enquêtes et la prévention des accidents et des incidents dans l'aviation civile
Étant donné que tous les modes de transport sont de plus en plus dépendants de la technologie pour améliorer leur efficacité, leur flexibilité et leur coût, il existe une augmentation des préoccupations connexes en matière de protection des données, telles que le suivi et les transferts internationaux de données qui nécessitent un contrôle étroit.
Avis sur la proposition de règlement du Parlement européen et du Conseil sur les enquêtes et la prévention des accidents et des incidents dans l'aviation civile
Avis concernant la communication de la Commission sur le plan d'action pour le déploiement de systèmes de transport intelligents en Europe et la proposition de directive du Parlement européen et du Conseil établissant le cadre pour le déploiement de systèmes de transport intelligents dans le domaine du transport routier et d'interfaces avec d'autres modes de transport, JO C 47, 25.02.2009, p. 6
The EDPS has adopted an opinion on the European Commission's proposed deployment plan for intelligent transport systems (ITS) in Europe that was adopted in December 2008 to accelerate and coordinate their deployment in road transport and their connection with other modes of transport. The deployment of ITS has considerable privacy implications, for instance because these systems make it possible to track a vehicle and to collect a wide variety of data relating to European road users' driving habits.
The EDPS notes that data protection has been taken into consideration in the proposed legal framework and that it is also put forward as a general condition for the proper deployment of ITS. He however underlines that the Commission's proposal is too broad and too general to adequately address the privacy and data protection concerns raised by ITS deployment in the Member States. In particular, it is not clear when the performance of ITS services will lead to the collection and processing of personal data, what are the purposes and modalities for which data processing may take place, or who will be responsible for compliance with data protection obligations.
The EDPS opinion includes the following main recommendations:
Background information
ITS apply information and communication technologies (satellite, computer, telephone, etc.) to transport infrastructure and vehicles with the intention to make transport safer and cleaner and to reduce traffic congestion. ITS applications and services are based on the collection, processing and exchange of a wide variety of data, both from public and private sources, including information on traffic and accidents but also personal data, such as the driving habits and journey patterns of citizens. Their deployment will also rely to a large extent on the use of geolocalisation technologies, such as satellite-positioning and RFID tags. As such, ITS constitute a "data-intensive area" and raise a number of privacy and data protection issues that should be carefully addressed in order to ensure the workability of ITS across Europe.
Avis sur la proposition de directive faisant obligation aux Etats membres de maintenir un niveau minimal de stocks de pétrole brut et/ou de produits pétroliers, JO C 128, 06.06.2009, p. 42
The current issue serves as a good illustration of the fact that there should be a constant awareness of the rules on data protection. In a situation which concerns Member States and their obligation to hold emergency oil stocks, which are owned mainly by legal entities, the processing of personal data is not very obvious, but, even though it is not envisaged as such, it can still take place. One should in any case consider the likelihood of personal data processing taking place and act accordingly.