In contrast, the southern (or Mediterranean) view is that public authorities should make and enforce the law, but not otherwise nag on about personal behaviour.
The law requires public-housing authorities to decide whether improving such projects is cheaper than simply giving residents vouchers to find private housing.
The SUV-bomb that failed to detonate in Times Square this past Saturday serves as timely reminder that public vigilance and rapid response by law enforcement authorities can play an important role in helping to prevent terrorist attacks.
Once such a person has boarded a commercial aircraft, there's no law that says airlines have to tell public authorities who else was on the flight who might have been exposed.
This case led to Megan's Law, which requires authorities to notify the public about convicted sex offenders living in their communities.
Recognizing that they are behind the curve compared with other countries with developed privacy law regimes, Chinese authorities have now circulated for public comment draft guidelines governing transmission and storage of personal data on computer systems.
But that right must be exercised subject to conditions laid down by authorities charged with the duty of keeping law and order and public peace.
From the freedom of information viewpoint, this indicates how the law can provide access to video or audio material held by public authorities as well as the written word.
The centers allow authorities to tap thousands of law-enforcement data sources, along with public data such as information from credit agencies, said Mr. Sena.
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The next few hours will likely see the fate sealed of legislation designed to protect alert, public-spirited Americans from harassment and potentially devastatingly expensive lawsuits arising from their warnings to law-enforcement authorities concerning possible terrorist activities.
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The internet has grown up, and regulators must ensure it offers the same social safeguards that the public expects from any critical infrastructure reliability mostly, but also the ability of law-enforcement authorities and courts to monitor or intervene when necessary.
Incredibly, Democratic members of Congress yesterday first used a backroom conference committee and then actually voted in the U.S. Senate to allow alert, public-spirited Americans to be subjected to harassing and potentially devastatingly expensive lawsuits for helping law-enforcement authorities counter possible terrorist activities by reporting suspicious behavior.
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