Traduction de «Continuous Buoy Data Card » (Anglais → Français) :

18. Regrets that, despite current EU legislation on airline prices and the 2007 sweep under the CPC Regulation of websites selling plane tickets, consumers continue to fall victim to the very many misleading practices in this sector, such as not including unavoidable costs like credit and debit card surcharges when booking online; notes with concern the increasing number of complaints concerning online ticket purchasers who have fallen victim to what is commonly referred to as ‘IP tracking’, a practice which seeks to record the numbe ...[+++]r of web visits by individual users through the same IP address and then artificially push up prices based on the level of interest revealed by other similar searches; calls on the Commission to investigate the frequency of this practice, which results in unfair competition and constitutes a misuse of users’ personal data, and, if appropriate, to propose suitable legislation to protect user interests;

the EU’s Fraud Prevention Expert Group (FPEG) will be streamlined by identifying experts in each sector and/or country as contact points and advocates for its work a new FPEG sub-group on user issues will involve the retail sector and consumer associations more closely even closer cooperation between the Commission and national authorities to assist the payments industry in making payments more secure a Commission study on cardholder verification methods the Commission will clarify EU data protection law related to fraud prevention, to allow more effective cross-border information exchanges, and if necessary, the Commission will propose ...[+++]new legislation the Commission will encourage best practice: for example, in some Member States, specialised central law enforcement units have been set up against payment fraud the Commission will organise, with the payment industry, Europol and other stakeholders, training for specialised law enforcement officers the Commission will organise a second conference for senior police officers, magistrates and prosecutors, to raise awareness of payment fraud and its impact work will continue on the Commission’s initiative – supported by 94 % of respondents in a consultation (see IP/04/280) - to encourage the payment industry to set up a single phone number in the EU for reporting lost and stolen cards the Commission will assess the merits of establishing an EU single contact point on identity theft, for citizens and businesses the Commission will promote the creation of a database, for public authorities and the private sector, of original and counterfeit identity documents

It is clear that we shall very quickly have to continue our efforts and broaden the scope of the card, so that it includes medical emergency data and information about the health of the holder.

Ms. Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral (Laval Centre, BQ): Mr. Speaker, although the Minister of Revenue has stated publicly that she is totally against an ID card, the Minister of Immigration continues his campaign in favour of a more sophisticated card, which would involve biometric data such as fingerprints and iris images.