Type: Acts of the European Union: European Parliament Resolution on child sexual abuse online

Authority: European Authorities - European Union: European Parliament

Date: 03/11/2015

Subject: The European Parliament stresses in the strongest terms that the rights and protection of children online must be safeguarded, and that steps must be taken to ensure that any illicit content is promptly removed and reported to law enforcement authorities, and that there are sufficient legal instruments for investigating and prosecuting offenders; the Parliament considers that children’s personal data online must be duly protected and that children need to be informed in an easy and child-friendly way of the risks and consequences of using their personal data online; underlines the important changes the data protection reform will bring in order to further protect the rights of children online. Finally it stresses the need for a comprehensive and coordinated European approach in order to ensure consistency in policymaking and the resulting action, encompassing the fight against crime together with fundamental rights, privacy, data protection, cybersecurity, consumer protection and e-commerce.

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Art. 8 Personal data: fairly processing - Equality - Art. 24 Children’s rights - Solidarity - Art. 38 Consumer protection

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