10-17-2005, 02:09 PM
2 articles on law recently passed in Italy
full article: http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2005/...ly_now.htm
full article: http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1004/p07s01-woeu.html
Quote:Internet Access In Italy Now Requires A Passport
If you are thinking about visiting Italy in the near future, and you plan on using Italian Internet cafés while on the go, there is something you should definitely be informed about.
To access any Internet-connected computer inside a public service shop you now need to submit your passport and accept the idea that all that you will look at, play with or send out is being tracked
The new law states that those in charge of managing and providing public communications services, need to make photocopies of the passport of every customer coming to use them, be they Internet, phone or fax ones.
full article: http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2005/...ly_now.htm
Quote:Want to check your e-mail in Italy? Bring your passport.
An antiterror law makes Internet cafe managers check their clients' IDs and track the websites they visit.
Like other owners of Internet cafes, Savoni had to obtain a new public communications business license, and purchase tracking software that costs up to $1,600.
The software saves a list of all sites visited by clients, and Internet cafe operators must periodically turn this list into their local police headquarters.
full article: http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1004/p07s01-woeu.html