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> Private communication is private and absolutely nobody else's business. It's a crime to open somebody's mail. I thought we were talking in the context of the
by tick_tock_tick 4y ago
> Private communication is private and absolutely nobody else's business. It's a crime to open somebody's mail.
I thought we were talking in the context of the EU? It's not a crime for them if the government is doing it (or asking for it). They don't have rights like that.
- Skeime 4y agoI think it’s a bit more complicated than that. The EU law will need to be implemented by national laws and at least in Germany, there is Art 10 GG (the 10th paragraph of the constitution) which protects one’s rights to private communication (specifically also against the government; this is the whole point of constitutions!). Granted, the paragraph also contains a provision for lawful exceptions, but in general, our highest court has ruled that such exceptions need to be reasonable in scope. I have some hope (but less than I’d like) that this will happen here, as well.
- hugginn 4y agoIt's definitely illegal to open letters not addressed to you in Sweden. I'm not sure what makes you think we don't have rights like that. I think an issue here might be that a lot of jurisdictions have privacy laws specific to post, and the law system hasn't been able to keep up with the technological development.