The sale of anonymous prepaid SIM cards in the European Union is to be banned. It provides for a draft of Polish President of the European Union Council of Ministers, which reports the British Civil Rights Organization Statistics. Personal registration of cell phone cards should be made mandatory in the entire community. According to the paper sent to the delegation of member states in late January, prepaid SIM cards “became a means for criminal activities”. He represented “a real threat to public safety”.
Council top References according to Statewatch If no SIM card registration is required, on many challenges: This mobile phone will make users to the authorities, making it difficult to monitor criminal acts such as drug trafficking, fraud or terrorism. The Spirit SIM card will be used only once, which is for a barrier “long -term oppression and evidence”. Currently in the European Union countries, legal status has not been harmonized, which means that Malifters “use cards that were purchased with low restrictive laws in member states”.
The anonymous SIM card is often misused to install “fake online accounts”, the council continues. Easy cyber crime. In addition, the identity of users for officers will become more complex and expensive. In combination with encryption, the anonymous SIM card made it “even more difficult to disrupt communication”. The “prevention of criminal offenses in the planning phase” also made difficult cell phone cards difficult.
No significant benefit for investigators?
Some European Union countries such as Germany already have rules for SIM registration. They demand to submit an ID document from everyone who buy such cards. Personal data in the telephone number and ID document is then stored by the authorities. This makes it easier to monitor and identify mobile phones and internet accounts, which require a telephone number, “the Polish emphasizes the government.
However, many citizens need anonymous communication, the statewatch is against it. This applies, for example, whistleblower, journalists, disgruntled or “who want to avoid their violent partner”. Governments and industry associations have not yet given evidence that a forced registration leads to less crimes.
Civil rights workers refer to one Study of Association of GSM Mobile Operators (GSMA) from 2016. Accordingly, residents of at least 147 countries worldwide should showcase their identity to activate prepaid SIM cards. So far, however, there is no empirical evidence that a compulsory SIM registration directly leads to a decrease in crime. However, governments see it a preventive effect against the use of mobile platforms to support criminal activities. “In 2007 it was said by the British Executive:” The compulsory registration of the occupation of the mobile phone will not bring any important new benefits for the investigation process. ,
An identity is mandatory in Germany
Anyone who buys prepaid mobile phone cards has had to introduce an ID in this country in the dealer or directly from the network operator from 2017. At that time the Grand alliance had a year ago as part of another anti -terrorism package, which was a reason for Bundestag. However, local civil rights workers also lead to an area that is necessary, for example, for anonymous statements of unpleasant opinions and confidential coordination of political opposition on the Internet.
According to the European Court of Human Rights, the obligation for mobile phone providers, in 2004, to collect individual data, to collect individual data, which does not violate the fundamental rights corresponds, but to collect personal data to collect individual data, but does not violate the Fundamental Rights according to the European Court of Human Rights. Apart from the ID introduced in 2016, a complaint is still pending in the federal constitutional court.
The former-union minister of the interior horsest sehofer urged another online certificate to pass through the rear door as part of the TKG modification. Therefore telecommunications providers should be obliged to “enhance identity facilities, verify and provide it to security officers in individual matters. However, the CSU politician could not be strong. A spokesperson for the Child Protection Policy for CDU and CSU asked to participate in messaging services like WhatsApp, Signal, Threema & Company in 2021, especially registered numbers.
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