miwild
Mar 19 2008, 2:36 pm
SPIEGEL:
Constitutional Court Unplugs Data LawQUOTE(Spiegel)
After 30,000 Germans filed a class-action suit, Germany's constitutional court in Karlsruhe blocked large parts of a new data-collection bill lawmakers say will help stop terror attacks. Opponents say it goes too far. ... The ruling essentially restores the pre-January status quo: Data will still be saved, but authorities will only be allowed to access it under extreme circumstances, and with a warrant. Accessing the data will be allowed only when other avenues of investigation are blocked or hopeless ...
parnell
Mar 19 2008, 2:42 pm
So basically download all u want again , right?
Gorgo
Mar 19 2008, 3:00 pm
no, but the government is being taught another lesson about unconstitutional laws (again).
Freising
Mar 19 2008, 3:43 pm
It´s a good thing, the "Verfassungsgericht" is restricting the governments insane wish for complete control over their citizens, but Im starting to get concerned about the regularity, they have to do it. One wishes there were some personal consequences for the incompetent (or maybe malicious) officials responsible for this kind of legislation.
Bumpy
Mar 19 2008, 4:27 pm
Now if I were afforded the luxury of being able to keep my religious affiliation from the German govt...
Neandertaler
Mar 19 2008, 11:35 pm
You are afforded that luxury. Initially I was going to inform the authorities that I am an atheist but it was suggested that that could possibly work against me in some situations and that I should not answer the question as it is possible to do just that. That was in Trier/Rheinland-Pfalz (and I have not been asked to provide a religious affiliation since in either Niedersachsen or Schleswig-Holstein), maybe Bayern is different.
Mariposa
Mar 20 2008, 12:09 am
Yeah, you are allowed to withhold it. It's called "ohne Bekenntnis". Not sure if this is possible if you are a member of the Catholic church or the Protestant church, but it is certainly possible if you are a member of any other church (such as Angelican, Presbyterian, Southern Baptist, etc.) or no church at all. "Ohne Bekenntnis" does not make you an atheist.
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