Re: Italian govt posts tax return information of ALL of itscitizens

["TS Glassey" <tglassey () earthlink net>]

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 
itscitizens


> This 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.
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