On Sep 8, 2010, at 9:14 AM, Jeroen Massar wrote:
On 2010-09-08 14:56, Jared Mauch wrote:
This is something that has been expected out of the EU as it relates to PII for a few years now.
Fortunately Switzerland is NOT part of the European Union, even though it seems there are a lot of influences and political pulls....
Sorry for dragging you into some of the other European folks policy chats... (But I've been expecting a decision of this sort out of the EU, and other pan-european nations for about 2-3 years).
Court verdict (german): http://www.bger.ch/index/press/press-inherit-template/press-mitteilungen.htm...
This looks a bit more limited than I originally thought, it seems (unless I'm misreading it) the issue has more to do with disclosure (to end-user) that they were being investigated. (similar to having your home be searched by police when you are not around and them not leaving a copy of the warrant, nor any hints your home has been searched). - Jared