On the Regulation:
“[It] is not the most appropriate way to proceed…
[It] contains some good ideas but they need a lot more work … we should bring
in a whole bunch of new people with more expertise.” Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of the
Republic of Estonia
“What will happen in
2013 is a defining moment for the proposal . It’s very challenging, but we hope
to reach a political compromise by the end of the year.” Francois
le Bail, Director General DG Justice
“Core fundamental
rights are not negotiable.” Jan Philipp
Albrecht, MEP
“Data protection is
not necessarily a Holy Grail if it provides a fig leaf for a lack of
transparency in EU spending. No public money must be spent anonymously. Data
protection means we don’t know where Common Agricultural Policy funds go – and
these make up 40% of the EU’s budget.” Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of the
Republic of Estonia
“[It] means we could be putting our
application developers to a distinct disadvantage to those outside the EU… It
will kill certain industries in the EU but this will come with no benefit, as
these developers will simply move offshore. Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of the Republic of
Estonia
“We must not have a
regulation that stifles innovation and puts such a burden on businesses.” Francois le Bail, Director General DG
Justice
“The last thing we
want is for the Commission to intervene all the time – but we want to make sure
the decisions taken by the [Data Protection] Board are in conformity with the
Regulation.” Francois le Bail, Director General DG Justice
“Consent is only one of several grounds for
allowing for the lawful processing of
personal data – presumably the one you use when no other grounds apply.” Francois
le Bail, Director General DG Justice
“It is not the
intention to limit international transfers of data.” Francois
le Bail, Director General DG Justice
“We are ready to fight to give control back to
consumers.” Kostas Rossoglou, BEUC
“Our role is not to
facilitate more US business in Europe, but to encourage European innovation… We
are very unhappy at the aggressive lobbying carried out by US firms in
Brussels.” Kostas Rossoglou, BEUC
“Trust is good.
Control is better”. Sophie In’t Veld MEP
On Cybercrime:
“You know how
successful we have been at stopping physical crime, so you can guess how
successful we are likely to be in relation to cybercrime… It is attractive to
be a cyber criminal. The risks of getting caught are low and the potential
rewards are very high.” Troels Oerting,
Director of the European Cybercrime Centre at EUROPOL
“You are an old school
loser if you are still planning a career in physical crime…. Hackers in China
are paid by the gigabyte for what they are doing… The best way to improve
infrastructure is by naming and shaming.”
Bart Jacobs, professor of
Software Security and Correctness, Radboud University, Nijmegen
“By a [EU/US] special relationship we mean
circumventing due process.” Simon
Davies, Privacy Surgeon
On Privacy:
“Privacy is so easy to
look at and so hard to define”. Peter Swire, Moritz College of Law of Ohio
State University
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