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
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* 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
