EU, better holidays thanks to new digital rights

This summer, as European citizens, you will enjoy more digital rights than ever before . Following the removal of roaming charges throughout the European Union last year, travelers can now bring their subscriptions online to television, movies, sports, music or music. e-books at no additional cost. Anyone in the EU can also benefit from new, state-of-the-art data protection rules that allow Europeans to better control their personal data.

Andrus Ansip, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Single Market: "Europeans are already starting to see the benefits of the Digital Single Market, and this summer it will be possible to take their TV programs with them and favorite sporting events, whatever their destination in the EU.You can also buy tickets for festivals or rent cars online throughout the EU without incurring geographical blocking or being redirected to another site. "

" The digital world offers extraordinary opportunities but also creates difficulties, "added V Jourra Jourová, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality. "For example, our personal data is a useful resource for many businesses. With the modern data protection rules we have adopted, Europeans have taken control of their data when they make purchases or bookings online or simply surf the Internet. . "

Among the rights already established, we remember June 2017 of the possibility to use his smartphone while traveling in the EU exactly as at home at no extra charge. the EU has abolished roaming charges, data traffic has more than quintupled and calls have been multiplied by two and a half times in the EU and the European Economic Area. [19659002] Since April 2018, even when If you go to other EU countries, you can access the online content services that you have subscribed to in your home country, including movies , sports series and sports programs Under the new data protection rules in place in the EU since May 25, 2018, Europeans can then securely transfer personal data between service providers such as cloud or email everyone has the right to know if their data has been disclosed or pirated, or how their personal data are collected. Moreover, with the "right to forget", personal data must be erased on request if a company has no legitimate reason to keep them.

Finally, with the rules on Internet neutrality, applicable from spring 2016 All Europeans have access to an open Internet, to guarantee their freedom without discrimination in the choice of content, applications, services and information that they prefer.

But that's not all. Indeed, in the coming months, other digital rights will be added to those already recognized. Starting in September, for example, Europeans will increasingly recognize the right to use their national electronic identification (eID) throughout the EU to access public services . By December, everyone will benefit from the free flow of non-personal data as they will have access to more efficient and competitive data storage and processing services in the EU, thus integrating the free movement of persons, goods and services. From December 3, wherever they are in the EU, Europeans can shop online without undue discrimination and no longer have to worry about a website the blocking or redirecting them to another site just because they come from another country (or their credit card). In addition, by 2019 citizens will be able to more easily compare package delivery costs and more affordable prices for cross-border parcel delivery.

The Digital Single Market Strategy was proposed by the Commission in May 2015 to adapt the single European market to the digital age by removing regulatory barriers and pbading from the current 28 national markets to a single market. That could bring 415 billion euros a year to our economy and create hundreds of thousands of new jobs.

Three years later, the strategy is on track: 1945 legislative proposals have been agreed, while 12 proposals are still under discussion . It is particularly necessary to complement our regulatory framework for the creation of the Digital Single Market. Thanks to this, the value of the European data economy could exceed 700 billion euros by 2020, or 4% of the EU economy.