From 5ca0de7bf702c18d506c221e44c120ff3d6d7d16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 12:20:59 +0200
Subject: offering split-perspectives as suggested by wachs

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 	     (in modo significativo) l'inquinamento.</p>
         </div>
       </div>
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+      <div class="col-lg-12">
+        <h2 lang="en" id="overview">Taler as seen by governments</h1>
+        <h2 lang="de">Taler aus Regierungsperspektive</h1>
+        <h2 lang="fr" note="outdated"></h2>
+        <h2 lang="it" note="outdated"></h2>
+        <p lang="en">Governments can observe traditional wire
+          transfers entering and leaving the Taler system, and
+          require merchants and mint operators to provide certain
+          information during financial audits.  Mint operators
+          are expected to be permanently checked by auditors,
+          while merchants may be required to reveal information
+          during regular tax audits.
+          Information available to the government includes:
+        </p>
+        <p lang="de" note="outdated"></p>
+        <p lang="fr" note="outdated"></p>
+        <p lang="it" note="outdated"></p>
+        <p>
+          <img src="images/government.svg" alt="government perspective" style="float: right; margin: 50px 5px 5px 5px;" width="50%">
+          <ul>
+            <li lang="en">From the banking system:
+              The total amount of digital currency
+              obtained by a customer. The government could impose
+              limits on how many digital coins a customer may
+              withdraw within a given timeframe.</li>
+             <li lang="de" note="outdated"></li>
+             <li lang="fr" note="outdated"></li>
+             <li lang="it" note="outdated"></li>
+             <li lang="en">From the banking system:
+               The total amount of income received
+               by any merchant via the Taler system.</li>
+             <li lang="de" note="outdated"></li>
+             <li lang="fr" note="outdated"></li>
+             <li lang="it" note="outdated"></li>
+             <li lang="en">From auditing the mint:
+               The amounts of digital coins legitimately withdrawn by
+               customers from mint, the value of non-redeemed digital coins
+               in customer's wallets, the value and corresponding wire details
+               of deposit operations performed by merchants with the mint, and
+               the income of the mint from transaction fees.</li>
+             <li lang="de" note="outdated"></li>
+             <li lang="fr" note="outdated"></li>
+             <li lang="it" note="outdated"></li>
+            <li lang="en">From auditing merchants:
+               For each deposit operation, the exact details of the
+               underlying contract that was signed between
+               customer and merchant.  However, this information would
+               typically not include the identity of the customer.
+               Note that while the customer can decide to prove that it was his
+               transaction (i.e. in court when suing the merchant if the
+               merchant failed to deliver on the contract),
+               merchant, mint and government cannot find out the customer's
+               identity from the information that Taler collects.</li>
+             <li lang="de" note="outdated"></li>
+             <li lang="fr" note="outdated"></li>
+             <li lang="it" note="outdated"></li>
+          </ul>
+        </p>
+      </div>
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