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We "Europeans for Safe Connections" would like to provide our experience on how the GDPR rules have been applied during 6 years and also some suggestions for improvements. 1. Is Personal Data Protection Sufficient? We are all data for sale. Data brokers are amassing billions and trillions of data points worldwide and are creating massive personalized digital profiles about each of us. Our personal details are sold for advertising, influencing, tracking or surveillance purposes. Our privacy is compromised. The introduction of Smart cities, buildings and devices promises comfort and security, but will cost us our privacy and will increase surveillance immensely. SOLUTION: Launch an impact assessment of the effects of 5G, including connected objects and bodies, on personal data protection and evaluate compliance against current data protection laws We call for such assessment to be…
…at the request of a third party. Read more: https://signstop5g.eu/en/solutions/protection-of-our-data/proposal-19 2. Is Wireless Data Transmission Secure? Wireless transmissions from credit cards, connected cars, mobile phones, smart watches, fitness trackers, pacemakers and personal wearables pose a risk of data misuse. Hacking of medical devices could create a backdoor into hospital networks. Users themselves contribute to privacy and device security breaches as they are not aware of different threats and vulnerability of the devices. Minimization of data transmitted wirelessly is crucial for the security of medical patients. SOLUTION: Protect citizens against the increasing vulnerability to cybercrime by applying the principle of data minimization to collection via wireless (such as medical and banking data). Read more:…
(such as medical and banking data). Read more: https://signstop5g.eu/en/solutions/protection-of-our-data/proposal-20 3. Discrimination The GDPR clearly mentions cases of discrimination as falling within the competence of supervisory authorities. But data protection authorities (national and EDPB) do not provide assessments of discrimination and digital rights violations. Moreover, they are not sufficiently Ref. Ares(2024)788078 - 02/02/2024 independent of the States and companies, do not have sufficient resources of their own and their scope of control remains limited. Current data protection is insufficient in an Internet of Bodies and Things scenario in which all devices are collecting our data 24/7, to be processed as Big Data by artificial intelligence which has been proven to reproduce and aggravate discrimination. SOLUTION: Ensure the EDPB fight actively and independently against…
…https://signstop5g.eu/en/solutions/protection-of-our-data/proposal-21
…collecting structures and the States. Read more: https://signstop5g.eu/en/solutions/protection-of-our-data/proposal-21 4. Is Artificial Intelligence supporting us? AI is a good servant but a bad master. AI reproduces and aggravates discrimination. Every second, millions of predictions of human behavior are made by corporations on the basis of the data collected. In an Internet of Bodies and Things scenario all devices are collecting our data 24/7, to be processed as Big Data by AI. Various studies have shown that AI actually automatically reproduces previous discrimination in machine learning processes. The machine “learns” according to the choices it has already made in the past by systematising them. AI can then multiply these prejudices and opinions and forward political extreme positions - therefore AI is a powerful engine for reproducing and aggravating discrimination.
…forward political extreme positions - therefore AI is a powerful engine for reproducing and aggravating discrimination. Therefore, automated procedures should be allowed only after each individual citizen's explicit consent. SOLUTION: Require each citizen’s explicit consent in order to subject their data to any automated procedure. According to Article 5-1 of the GDPR, personal data processed must be "relevant and limited to what is necessary for the purposes for which they are processed". AI on the 5G network will collect data continuously, which goes against this principle of data minimisation. Read more: https://signstop5g.eu/en/solutions/protection-of-our-data/proposal-22 Best regards Europeans for Safe Connections This feedback was sent from a wired internet connection – No use of harmful radiation – Less electricity consumption – Increased data security