Italian law Makes Web Cafes Check Clients' IDs and Track Site Visits
After Italy passed a new antiterrorism package in July, authorities ordered managers offering public communications services to make passport photocopies of every customer seeking to use the Internet, phone, or fax. Passed within weeks of the London bombings this summer, the law is part of the most extensive antiterror package introduced in Italy since 9/11 and the country's subsequent support of the Iraq war.
Want to check your e-mail in Italy? Bring your passport. Christian Science Monitor, October 4, 2005.
