Internet privacy done right-in GERMANY

[liberaltrucker]

The Federal Constitutional Court has ruled that plans for online surveillance in North Rhine-Westphalia are unconstitutional. In doing so, the Constitutional Court has vindicated the SPD's parliamentary group's criticism of Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble.

Schäuble's plans raised considerable legal and technical concerns about infringing on privacy protection for both private persons and data. That’s why we demanded putting off the decision to authorize this covert investigation method in federal police investigations until the court made its decision.

But above all, the Constitutional Court has confirmed for the first time that there is a basic right protecting the confidentiality and integrity of information technology systems.

This new basic right joins other protected liberties, in particular the confidentiality of telecommunications, the inviolability of the home, as well as the right to control personal information, so long as these don’t offer enough protection on their own. This new basic right is of fundamental importance to media policy and it must now be determined which consequences there are beyond that of the impact on online surveillance.

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http://www.thelocal.de/10363/20080228/

The German People learned their lesson well. Now, if only a certain behemoth 6 time zones west could learn the same.

:grr:

[ConsAreLiars]

1. K&R. There's not much more to say, except that

fascism was driven out of Germany and landed in Amerikkka.

[Karenina]

2. Thanx for this post! K&R!