France 'suspends' creation of big-brother database

[Natasha]

France 'suspends' creation of big-brother database

http://www.itworld.com/Man/2688/france-suspends-creation-of-big-brother-database-080424/
4/26/2008

"Excerpt: Campaigners say that Ardoise infringes civil liberties by
allowing law enforcers to tag a person's file with annotations
including "runaway child," "handicapped," "homeless," "trade
unionist," "alcoholic," "narcotics user," "transvestite,"
"transgendered," "homosexual," "prostitute," "person who frequents
prostitutes," "psychologically disturbed" or "member of a sect,"
simply by picking them from a list."