[Cyber-rights] The 2007 International Privacy Ranking

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Non so se e' gia' girata in lista (l'url da slashdot):
http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd%5B347%5D=x-347-559597

Questa e' la parte in cui parlano dell'italia:


      ITALY
      <http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd%5B347%5D=x-347-559525>

    * Constitution protects right to privacy in the home (article 14)
      and communications (article 15)
    * Comprehensive privacy law
    * Data privacy authority has extensive powers, including auditing
      databanks of intelligence activities
    * Data privacy authority has stopped two initiatives for expanding
      use of fingerprinting; and has regulated use of CCTV; and has run
      public education campaigns on television
    * Judicial authorisation for interception, and granted for 15 days
      at a time; if transcripts are not used they must be destroyed; and
      exceptions apply for religious ministers, lawyers, and doctors,
      though there are more lenient procedures for anti-mafia cases
    * 2007 a judge ruled that planting bugging devices in a car was not
      an offence because the law only applies to the home
    * A number of abuses in communications surveillance: in 2005 Italian
      police placed a backdoor into an ISP's server, and monitored all
      transactions of 30,000 subscribers; telecom italy collected
      thousands of file on stars and influential people
    * Data retention period were for four years, though internet traffic
      data is now set for 12 months, through a graduated scheme where
      investigations involve serious crimes are allowed to get telephone
      data after 2 years, or internet data after 6 months
    * Biometric plans for travel authorisation have been reviewed and
      changed by authority
    * Council of ministers approve law requiring every blogger to
      register with the state; though law is in early stages