Police to Police PCs
am 09.10.2007 von http://www.recht.us/amlawCK - Washington. In its press release no. 82/2007, the Supreme Constitutional Court of Germany in Karlsruhe announces the hearing of October 10, 2007 in the matters 1 BvR 370/07 and 1 BvR 595/07 on the constitutionality of the governments use of spy software in private computers. While agencies in the federal government toy with the idea of such investigative tools, the state of North-Rhine-Westphalia has a statute on the books. The NRW statute amended the state constitution on December 30, 2006 to authorize such spying on …
Covert PC Spies and Privacy
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Plans for covert PC inspections by means of government-sponsored virus programs or spyware do not comply with constitutional standards in Germany, the Supreme Court for Criminal Matters in Karlsruhe had determined in the matt…
Discovery of Constitutional Right
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / GC - Washington. Germanys constitutional court in Karlsruhe ruled February 27, 2008 that authorizing online searches of personal computers is unconstitutional. The landmark ruling in cases BVerfG 1 BvR 370/07 and 1 BvR 595/07 came in response…
GPS Surveillance of Suspects
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Today, the Federal Supreme Court in Karlsruhe called GPS-based satellite surveillance of suspects by investigative services constitutional. In the matter 2 BvR 581/01, police had used a GPS system, and the intelligence so gath…
Terror Kills in Airspace
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The Constitutional Supreme Court in Karlsruhe announced its decision today in the matter 1 BvR 357/05, finding the statute unconstitutional that permits the national defense authorities to shoot down aircraft over Germany that…
Royalties on Printers
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. In 2001, the German Supreme Court in Karlsruhe, Bundesgerichtshof, ruled in favor of copyright royalties payable on scanners, and the revised copyright act extends the payment obligation to printing euqipment and other gear s…
Arrest Warrant Law Void
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The Federal Supreme Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe voided the German statute on the European arrest warrant on Monday and explained the rationale for its decision in the matter 2 BvR 2236 /04 in an English-language press re…
Spyware by Statute
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Proposals by Wolfgang Schäuble, the German Secretary of the Interior, to restate and expand the jurisdiction of the Federal Crime Agency, Bundeskriminalamt, and the Federal Police, Bundespolizei, trigger heated comments…
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