Pastrarea datelor de trafic trebuie sa fie oprita in Europa - Scrisoare deschisa catre institutiile europene - 26 ian 2011
Reprezentantii organizatiilor non-guvernamentale romane, semnatari ai acestei scrisori deschise, cer anularea pastrarii datelor de trafic informational in Europa.
Atragem atentia asupra contradictiei fundamentale dintre principiul protectiei vietii private, asa cum este prevazut in Conventia Europeana a Drepturilor Omului si in majortatea Constitutiilor Europene, pe de o parte, si Directiva Europeana 2006/24/EC privind pastrarea datelor de trafic informational, pe de alta parte.Reamintim si sustinem decizia Curtii Constitutionale a Romaniei (CCR) care a decis pe 8 Octombrie 2009[1] neconstitutionalitatea intregii legi romanesti 298/2008 care transpunea directiva mai sus mentionata. Decizia CCR precizeaza ca o pastrare a tuturor datelor de trafic informational pentru toti cetatenii romani reprezinta o masura ce aduce atingere drepturilor omului, asa cum sunt ele prevazute in Constitutia Romaniei. Astfel se considera ca ”obligaţia legala cu caracter continuu, general aplicabila, de stocare a datelor (...) prejudiciaza intr-un mod neacceptabil exercitarea dreptului la viaţa intima sau libertatea de exprimare.”
Aceasta explicitare clara a CCR face ca Romania sa se afle in imposibilitatea de a implementa orice masura de la nivelul Uniunii Europene care ar impune o obligatie legala de a stoca in mod continuu si nediscriminatoriu date de trafic informational, inclusiv Directiva 2006/24/EC. Sustinem in mod ferm decizia CCR ca pastrarea tuturor datelor de trafic nu este necesara intr-o societate democratica si afecteaza in mod semnificativ drepturile si libertatile cetatenilor romani. Dar si a celor europeni, de vreme ce impartasim aceleasi principii prin noua Charta a Drepturilor Fundamentale a Uniunii Europene.
Pozitia Romaniei este departe de a fi singulara, atata vreme cit alte curti constitutionale (Germania[2]) deja au respins implementarea nationala, iar directiva inca nu este implementata in sase state europene, ca urmare a conflictului legat de drepturile omului. Societatea civila din toate statele europene[3] cere renuntarea la aceasta masura inutila si periculoasa.
In contextul evaluarii Directivei de catre Comisia Europeana, al carei raport va fi publicat in prima parte a anului 2011, Uniunea Europeana ar trebui sa profite de aceasta oportinutate pentru anularea Directivei si de corectare a greselilor din trecut. Comisia insasi are probleme in a obtine date relevante cu privire la eficienta unui astfel de sistem, in vreme ce primeste exemple clare de abuzuri si efecte adverse[4] asupra vietii private.
Astfel, Uniunea Europeana are o singura solutie logica pentru acest caz. Iar solutia nu este sa impuna statelor membre sa adopte directiva[5], cata vreme masura este contrara principiilor constitutionale ale cel putin unei tari membre ale Uniunii.
Solutia este sa opreasca pastrarea datelor de trafic in Europa.
[1] Vezi Decizia Curtii Constitutionale din Romania - http://www.ccr.ro/decisions/pdf/ro/2009/D1258_09.pdf
[2] Vezi decizia Curtea Constitutionala Germania http://www.bverfg.de/entscheidungen/rs20100302_1bvr025608.html
[3] Vezi Scrisoarea a 106 ONG-uri pe tema pastrarii datelor de trafic http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/content/view/363/158/lang,en/
[4] Vezi discurs Axel Arnbak – BoF/EDRi, 3.12.2010 https://www.bof.nl/live/wp-content/uploads/What_the_European_Commission_owes_500_million_Europeans_EDRi_Bits_of_Freedom_presentation_Data_Retention_Conference_031210final1.pdf
[5] Vezi discurs Cecilia Malmström , 3.12.2010 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/10/723
English Translation
Telecommunication data retention must be stopped in Europe
Open letter to European Institutions
Representatives of Romanian NGOs, signatories of this open letter, demand the annulation of data retention in Europe.
We emphasize the fundamental contradiction between the principle of protection the private life, as enshrined in the European Convention of Human Rights and most European Constitutions on one side and the European Directive 2006/24/EC regarding the data retention on the other side.
We also remind and support the decision of the Romanian Constitutional Court (CCR) that ruled[1] on 8 October 2009 the unconstitutionality of the entire law 298/2008 that seeked to implement the Data Retention Directive. The CCR decision stipulates that keeping all traffic data for all Romanian citizens is a measure that breaches human rights, as foreseen by the Romanian Constitution. Thus ”the legal obligation with a continuous character, generally applicable, of data retention (...) harms in an unacceptable way the exercise of the right to privacy or the freedom of expression.”
This clear wording of the CCR renders impossible a Romanian implementation of any European Union measure that would impose a legal obligation to continuously and indiscriminately store telecommunication data, including the Directive 2006/24/EC. We firmly agree with the CCR decision, that the blanket storage of telecommunications data is not necessary in a democratic society and significantly endangers the rights of liberties of the Romanian citizens. And of all the European citizens, since we share the same human rights principles through the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
The Romanian position is far from being unique, now that another Constitutional Court (Germany[2]) already rejected the national implementation, the directive is not yet implemented in six other European Member States because of assumed violation of human rights and civil society from all European countries[3] demands this useless and harmful measure.
In this context, the evaluation of the Directive by the European Commission, of which a report will be published in the first part of 2011, should seize the the opportunity to nullify the Directive and correct the mistakes of the past. The Commission itself has problems in obtaining relevant data regarding the efficiency of such a system, while receiving clear examples of abuses and adverse effects[4] on privacy.
Thus the European Union has only one logical solution for this current situation. And the solution is not to obligate member states to implement the Directive[5], as the measure is contrary to the constitutional principles of at least one Member States, the country we live in.
The solution is to stop data retention in Europe.
Semnatari/Signatories
· Bogdan Manolea – Asociatia pentru Tehnologie si Internet (APTI) – www.apti.ro
· Diana-Olivia Hatneanu, Director Executiv – Asociatia pentru Apararea Drepturilor Omului din Romania – Comitetul Helsinki (APADOR-CH) – www.apador.org
· Liana Ganea – ActiveWatch – www.activewatch.ro
· Ioana Avadani – Centrul pentru Jurnalism Independent – www.cji.ro
· Andrei Savescu - Societatea de Stiinte Juridice (SSJ) – www.ssj.ro
· Iulian Capsali – Secretar General Forul Ortodox Roman (FOR)
· Claudiu Tarziu – Asociatia Rost - http://www.rostonline.org/
· Cristian Driga - Centrul pentru Studiul Criminalitatii Informatice
· Mihai Ghiduc – Organizatia Romana pentru Drepturile de Utilizator
[1] Decision of the Romanian Consitutional Court - http://www.legi-internet.ro/english/jurisprudenta-it-romania/decizii-it/romanian-constitutional-court-decision-regarding-data-retention.html
[2] Decision of the German Consitutional Court http://www.bverfg.de/entscheidungen/rs20100302_1bvr025608.html
[3] Letter of 106 NGOs against data retention http://www.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/content/view/363/158/lang,en/
[4] Axel Arnbak Speech at Data Retention event – Bits of Freedom /EDRi, 3.12.2010 https://www.bof.nl/live/wp-content/uploads/What_the_European_Commission_owes_500_million_Europeans_EDRi_Bits_of_Freedom_presentation_Data_Retention_Conference_031210final1.pdf
[5] Cecilia Malmström's speech , 3.12.2010 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/10/723