No Spying On German PCs
February 2007
German court bans police from spying on PCs
Germany's High Court has handed down a landmark decision banning police from installing spyware on computers of suspected criminals without their knowledge. The decision, announced Monday, February 5, is a blow to the plans of the German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble to give the Federal Criminal Police Office greater power to monitor terrorists and other criminals online, and peek inside their computers. The High Court in Karlsruhe argued that searching computers is similar to searching homes, a practice in Germany that requires police to follow certain procedures. The judges also argued that hacking computers by the police is not permitted under Germany's strict phone_tapping laws and that legislation would be needed to enable covert surveillance.
Source: http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/02/05/HNbanpolicefromspy ing_1.html
German court bans police from spying on PCs
Germany's High Court has handed down a landmark decision banning police from installing spyware on computers of suspected criminals without their knowledge. The decision, announced Monday, February 5, is a blow to the plans of the German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schäuble to give the Federal Criminal Police Office greater power to monitor terrorists and other criminals online, and peek inside their computers. The High Court in Karlsruhe argued that searching computers is similar to searching homes, a practice in Germany that requires police to follow certain procedures. The judges also argued that hacking computers by the police is not permitted under Germany's strict phone_tapping laws and that legislation would be needed to enable covert surveillance.
Source: http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/02/05/HNbanpolicefromspy ing_1.html
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