Hello Toby, Zahid and everyone, What happened is quickly said, alas: the Italian Data Protection Agency stepped in 24 hours after the online publication of the data, following a flurry of protests, and orderes their removal, arguing it was a breach of privacy :-/
Best regards, Francesca -- Francesca Fanucci Lawyer - Consultant on freedom of expression Senior Associate at Free Expression Associates (www.foeassociates.com) London, UK Email: franf...@gmail.com Skype account: franfanu Fax: 0044 7092872411 Linkedin profile: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/francescafanucci "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" -- (George Orwell) On 13 Dec 2012, at 08:19, Toby Mendel <t...@law-democracy.org> wrote: > Same in Canada. And Italy, although apparently the Min. of Finance released > all of the tax records one year in a Rambo move towards openness which cause > a lot of furore, although I am not sure what happened. > > Toby > > ___________________________________ > Toby Mendel > Executive Director > > Centre for Law and Democracy > t...@law-democracy.org > Tel: +1 902 431-3688 > Fax: +1 902 431-3689 > www.law-democracy.org > > -- Francesca Fanucci Lawyer - Consultant on freedom of expression Senior Associate at Free Expression Associates (www.foeassociates.com) London, UK Email: franf...@gmail.com Skype account: franfanu Fax: 0044 7092872411 Linkedin profile: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/francescafanucci "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" -- (George Orwell) On 13 Dec 2012, at 08:19, Toby Mendel <t...@law-democracy.org> wrote: > Same in Canada. And Italy, although apparently the Min. of Finance released > all of the tax records one year in a Rambo move towards openness which cause > a lot of furore, although I am not sure what happened. > > Toby > > ___________________________________ > Toby Mendel > Executive Director > > Centre for Law and Democracy > t...@law-democracy.org > Tel: +1 902 431-3688 > Fax: +1 902 431-3689 > www.law-democracy.org > > > > > On 13 Dec 2012, at 03:53, Alexander Kashumov wrote: > >> Hi Zahid, >> >> In Bulgaria tax data of both citizens and officials (including >> parliamentarians) are not public. Only data of income and assets of high >> ranking officials are public, but tax data definitely not. >> >> As far as I know, though I might be wrong, everywhere in Europe is the same >> with the exception of Sweden and Norway (Denmark left that small community >> on that matter few years ago). In Norway I heard there is debate to stop >> this openness as well. >> >> But let other countries speak about their situation themselves! I am also >> curious to know whether there are new/other developments. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Alexander >> >> Alexander Kashumov, attorney-at-law >> Head of Legal Team >> Access to Information Programme >> 76 Vassil Levski Blvd. Apt.3 >> 1142 Sofia, Bulgaria >> + 3592 9885062; 9867709 >> E-mail: kashu...@aip-bg.org >> >> >> На 2012-12-13 22:01, Zahid Abdullah написа: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I wonder in how many countries tax data is regarded as public data? In >>> Pakistan, tax data is not regarded as public data. CPDI and CRIP jointly >>> carried out studied titled ‘Representation without Taxation’ which was >>> launched yesterday and which has been largely carried out by local and >>> international newspapers. It was also topic of different evening television >>> talk shows here. Following is the link of the story >>> Minister, Lawmakers evading tax: Study >>> http://dawn.com/2012/12/13/ministers-lawmakers-evading-tax-study/ >>> >>> >>> >>> Zahid Abdullah >>> Program Manager >>> Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI) >>> House No. 409-B, Main Nazim-ud-Din Road, F-11/1, Islamabad, Pakistan >>> Phone:+92 51 2108287 (Ext.102), Fax:+92 51 2101594, Cell:+92 333 5214748 >>> email: za...@cpdi-pakistan.org, website: www.cpdi-pakistan.org; skype: >>> zahidisd >> >> >
