"In Europe there is a general expectation that employers will carry out a risk assessment before they introduce biometrics, so that they can be confident that the inevitable interference with privacy will be proportionate," says Stewart Room, partner at law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse.
If a single rate of tax is applied to all individual income in excess of the allowed exclusions, exemptions, and deductions, the tax will be proportionate to taxable income (although it may be progressive when compared with total income).
He needs to come up with a clear statement of how military action in Syria will be proportionate, legally sound and, above all, foreseeably finite.
The US is gambling that any response will be proportionate.
OFR, says the SRA, will be "proportionate, transparent and consistent".
Israel's response, he said, will be "proportionate" to how the Palestinians act after the vote.
"The action that we take will be proportionate, targeted; we will do all we humanly can to avoid civilian tragedies.
Israel's response will be "proportionate" to how the Palestinians act after the vote, said an Israeli government spokesman, Mark Regev.
"Any measures will be proportionate.
Samsung will also reap some benefits, it notes, although that will be proportionate to weaker demand for its brand.
