From 263a6724af33a15d11b0094a4145a2afeaa79492 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: erdgeist Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:07:49 +0000 Subject: committing page revision 1 --- updates/2008/epass-klagen.en.md | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+) create mode 100644 updates/2008/epass-klagen.en.md diff --git a/updates/2008/epass-klagen.en.md b/updates/2008/epass-klagen.en.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bd9f147c --- /dev/null +++ b/updates/2008/epass-klagen.en.md @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +title: Flood of lawsuits against biometric passports +date: 2008-02-05 00:00:00 +updated: 2009-04-18 19:07:49 +author: erdgeist +tags: update + +A constitutional complaint against the inclusion of biometric characteristics in passports has been lodged following a lawsuit filed by lawyer Michael Schwarz. "Finally a debate long overdue in society flanked by legal steps against the biometric registration of the population is underway", said Chaos Computer Club (CCC) spokesman Dirk Engling. + + + +On January 28, 2008 the well-known German author Juli Zeh filed a +complaint about the "criminal records department measures". She +justifies her charge that the biometric measures violate the +constitution \[1\] by bypassing the German Parliament with EU regulation +as well as other constitutional issues. Legislative initiatives “for +which there will probably be no parliamentary majority, are being raised +at European level”, she writes. This so-called European by-path was +spurred on significantly by the former German Minister of the Interior, +Otto Schily. + +Zeh sees Schily's actions as driven by his private financial commitments +and notes with alarm the fact that “he became a member of the +supervisory board of Byometric Systems AG after leaving office” raising +the specter of conflicts of interest during his period in office. Schily +also was a supervisory board member and shareholder in biometrics +manufacturer SAFE ID solutions AG, as well as a legal consultant to +Siemens AG. \[2\] Schily has so far refused to disclose all of his +earnings as a member of the German Bundestag. + +The CCC vehemently protested against biometric passports, previously +making the statement that this serious conflict of political and +financial interests requires an independent oversight. \[3\] Dirk +Engling comments: “There is a question about the extent to which the +rushed introduction of biometric identification documents is primarily +serving the private financial interests of individual public officials. +The use of biometrics, which is widely regarded as insecure, was +obviously pushed through without regard to the interests of citizens and +at enormous costs.” + +The CCC supports the actions undertaken by Mr Schwarz and believes it to +be the duty of all affected citizens to contact their elected +representatives about having the presumption of their innocence restored +when interacting with the registration office. Mr Schwarz has published +his statement of claim under \[4\]. + +### Links (German) + +- \[1\] [Verfassungsbeschwerde von Juli + Zeh](/epass/Verfassungsbeschwerde28012008.pdf/) +- \[2\] [Heidi Klein, Tillmann Höntzsch "Fliegende Wechsel - die + Drehtür + kreist"](http://www.lobbycontrol.de/download/drehtuer-studie.pdf) +- \[3\] [Pressemeldung des CCC vom 20. Juni + 2007](/updates/2007/biometrie-unsinn-deluxe) +- \[4\] [Klage des Rechtsanwaltes Michael + Schwarz](/epass/klage-fingerabdruecke.pdf) +- \[5\] [Vortrag auf dem 24c3 "Meine Finger gehören mir - Die nächste + Stufe der biometrischen + Vollerfassung"](http://dewy.fem.tu-ilmenau.de/CCC/24C3/mp4/24c3-2346-de-meine_finger_gehoeren_mir-COMPATIBLE.mp4) -- cgit v1.2.3