The Bundesrat -the ‘Federal Council’ that represents the sixteen German states at the federal level- is calling for the expedited implementation of the data analysis platform Palantir as a temporary solution for police operations across Germany. This initiative follows the successful pilot program conducted by the Bavarian police, which concluded its testing phase and has been operational since December 25, 2024.
Bavaria’s pilot program, known as VeRA (verfahrensübergreifende Recherche- und Analyseplattform, “cross-procedural research and analysis platform”), ran from September 2 to December 24, 2024. The platform has integrated various data sources, including the state’s case processing system (VBS), the case management system (FBS), and the police search database (INPOL-Land-Bayern), alongside relevant communication for national messaging (EPost). Additionally, important data fields from the operational management system (ELS) and the traffic regulation processing program (ProVi) have also been connected for analytical purposes. The system can continue to grow, with further data sources being added based on the analytical needs of the police departments.
The push for a nationwide implementation of Palantir comes as the Federal Council seeks to address significant gaps in the ability of police forces at both federal and state levels to process, integrate, and analyze information effectively. The Bundesrat highlighted that individuals with mental health issues have increasingly been linked to violent crimes, emphasizing the need for timely identification and assessment of behavioral patterns and risks.
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Germany really needs to understand that the USA broke up with them.
It’s over. Start the grieving process.
“Maybe I can change them…”
No. You can’t.
German politicians also have a raging boner for mass surveillance and think Orwell’s 1984 was meant to be an instruction manual.
Riiiight. That’s why the country has one of the most comprehensive personal data protection.
Troll’s gotta troll…
The reason for that lies with the courts, because the German federal constitutional court decided one day that the right to privacy is an implicit human right inferred from the rights to human dignity and self determination protected by the German constitution.
Politicians of pretty much all parties are constantly attacking privacy whenever they can for all sorts of made-up reasons. (among them “terrorism”, “organised crime”, “intellectual property”, “think of the children”)
They actually do pass laws that are then nullified by the federal court for violating basic rights quite frequently.
In what universe is this specific to Germany? And how does Germany compare to other countries?
Even within the EU, there’s more protection than in France, Italy, Spain, Austria (to select comparable countries).
I’m not even talking about Eastern Europe, Africa, Latam, the USA (ahahaha!).
Seriously. Let German bashing to people doing it better 😅
Where does it have that? If you refer to the GDPR it has extensive exceptions for government use, new attempts of undermining data security and privacy having to be knocked down by the constitutional court is a regular ritual and gross violations by the police without any consequences are the day to day standard.
For instance police officers looked up the addresses of a lawyer who represented the victims of a neonazi terror cell that ran around Germany murdering immigrants for about a decade while likely being backed by the interior intelligence. Subsequently the lawyer received death threats including threats to murder her baby child.
https://archive.thinkprogress.org/german-security-services-investigating-neo-nazi-police-officers-a66a3e718956/
That is the reality of data protection by the government in Germany.
Go check other countries… There’s much worse than that pretty much everywhere.
It should be easy for you to provide evidence supporting that claim then. As i have given you the specific example of police using their data access to threaten to murder the child of a lawyer representing victims of a neonazi terror cell, which was likely supported by the interior intelligence, i am curios to hear your examples from “everywhere” which should include multiple EU countries, as that is what Germany should compare to.
With your reasoning, if you can’t find anything about a country, it means that there are no problems. Right? So if there was no free press, there wouldn’t be any problem?
Your reasoning is messed up. Did I say that Germany is perfect? Nope. There are problems, like in many country.
Just days ago, a farmer opposing the “agricultural lobbies” was murdered. Nothing happened: https://basta.media/silence-Etat-meurtre-Pierre-Alessandri-agriculteur-syndicaliste-militant-anti-mafia-en-Corse
A bit more than 1y ago, they uncovered massiv tracking of protestants opposing changes of the retirement age and other social topics. Nothing happened: https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/reforme-des-retraites-le-fichier-nominatif-des-manifestants-est-il-illegal-20230517
Again in France, the antiterrorisme units were used to interrogate and track manifestants to a state projects which was actually illegal. Again, nothing happened: https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/reforme-des-retraites-le-fichier-nominatif-des-manifestants-est-il-illegal-20230517
So seriously, people bashing Germany should get their heads out of their asses and look in any direction. What they will see is much worse pretty much anywhere. Africa? LATAM? SEA? China (lol)? Ruzzia? USA?
To find equivalent or better, you have probably Scandinavia and Switzerland.