World's Largest Database For Police Use

The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee approved recently the establishment of a police search engine, which, if passed by the Knesset, would be the largest legal database in the Western world for police use. The database is to include names, unlisted and listed phone numbers, Internet addresses, computer and modem numbers, and cell-phone identifiers to pinpoint signals and allow the police to track individual conversations. Access to the information will be given not only to police, but to several investigative authorities, including the military criminal investigation department, the Police Investigation Unit, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Justice Ministry, the Tax Authority and more.