EU data protection stands up for Net Neutrality

EU data protection stands up for Net Neutrality
The European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx has voted against a permit for Internet providers to monitor network traffic in general. It could be they are not even allowed to filter individual services, to block or otherwise restrict. At the same time the Dutchman called for the maintenance of network neutrality. The concept of the open Internet due to the fact that information is transmitted to speak impartially, without regard to content, destination or source should, Hustinx said in a petition of the EU Commission ahead of a possible consultation [3] on net neutrality. A "serious debate" about this principle was to ensure that the confidentiality of communications users will be protected effectively.
Certain techniques such as "deep packet inspection" or other forms of network management can greatly interfere with the privacy worries of privacy advocates. Where it appears, especially when the contents of this online communications, including e-mails sent or received, websites visited or downloaded files revealed. Such deep cuts in a fundamental right would be avoided at all costs.
Hustinx, the European Commission and encouraged the legislature to develop an appropriate active line in such fundamental issues of power politics. At a round table involving all relevant stakeholders, it is necessary to clarify how the data protection legal framework should apply to the base layer of the Internet. This guidance should be given as to when the network management techniques constitute a smooth transfer of data packets or were carried out purely for security purposes and so were legitimate. Next is to work out the cases in which a user to filter certain applications such as file sharing should at least give its consent. Data protection safeguards are adhered to it.
Depending on the results of such a probe might According Hustinx additional legal measures to ensure network neutrality prove necessary. In this case, the Commission should also propose policies to strengthen data protection laws, an expert advises. Access provider would be required, among other things, to offer non-monitored routes. The Brussels Commission published a notice in April to the open Internet, where any additional regulatory measures to ensure network neutrality into the game. First is to present the panel of European regulators for electronic communications (BEREC) but a comprehensive study on this topic.