Israeli security services have access to the e-mail tourists - Amic.ru

April 26, 2013 (08:26)

Israeli security services have the right to access personal email tourists who visit the country. In the case of denial of access authorities can deport the alien. The official announcement was made Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein Israel. His words were quoted engla.co.uk .

Israeli Association for Civil Rights sent a letter to the Security Council with a demand to explain the situation. The Attorney General in his reply revealed details of innovations. He notes that reading e-mail address will be carried out only in exceptional cases and only after the consent of the foreign tourist. However, the failure of checking personal correspondence will be an important basis for the deportation of a tourist.

Israeli association still believes that the leadership of the security council similar step violates democratic principles. Even last year, the association had made a request to the Israeli authorities on the legal assessment of the actions of the security services at the airport in Tel Aviv, which are selectively tested correspondence arriving, as well as personal accounts in social networks.

prosecutor’s office and then found no violations . In this case, a human rights lawyer association Lila Margalit gives the example of European countries where e-mail is considered as a matter of privacy, as well as privacy.