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Re: Italian govt posts tax return information of ALL of itscitizens
From: macwheel99 () wowway com
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 16:51:27 -0500
Anyone who believes that the American Soaps are a reflection of real life, in America or anywhere else, is living in a fantasy world. In fact the same can be said for a lot of TV period. On Thu, 1 May 2008 14:40:02 -0700, TS Glassey wrote
Alan - seems to me that this is a pretty clear violation of the EU's privacy act and that it was done by an Outgoing Politico makes it criminal in form IMHO. I would if I was those people start demanding criminal prosecution's of those responsible. But that's just my two cents. Todd Glassey ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Friedman" <allan_friedman () ksgphd harvard edu> To: <dataloss () attrition org> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 2:00 PM Subject: [Dataloss] Italian govt posts tax return information of ALL of itscitizensThis was not actually a breach, since it was intentional! Still relevant for dataloss, I think. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7376608.stm There has been outrage in Italy after the outgoing government published every Italian's declared earnings and tax contributions on the internet. The tax authority's website was inundated by people curious to know how much their neighbours, celebrities or sports stars were making. The Italian treasury suspended the website after a formal complaint from the country's privacy watchdog. The information was put on the site with no warning for nearly 24 hours. ... The release of the information was one of the last acts of the outgoing centre-left government and has shocked many tax-shy Italians, says the BBC's Mark Duff in Milan. But it was also hugely popular, and within hours the site was overwhelmed and impossible to access. The finance ministry described the move as a bid to improve transparency. Deputy Economic Minister Vincenzo Visco said he could not understand what all the fuss was about. "I can't understand what the problem is," he is quoted as telling Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper. "This already exists all around the world, you just have to watch any American soap to see that. We had the system ready by January but we delayed publication to avoid arguments during the election campaign." But critics condemned it as an outrageous breach of privacy. _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor
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- Italian govt posts tax return information of ALL of its citizens Allan Friedman (May 01)
- Re: Italian govt posts tax return information of ALL of itscitizens TS Glassey (May 01)
- Re: Italian govt posts tax return information of ALL of itscitizens macwheel99 (May 01)
- Re: Italian govt posts tax return information of ALL of itscitizens TS Glassey (May 01)