FDPIC – Inter­net publi­ca­ti­on of per­so­nal data in the con­text of report­ing on public events

In July 2008, the web­site ch.indymedia.org repor­ted on the Sem­pach slaugh­ter festi­val and its par­ti­ci­pan­ts. In this con­text, the FDPIC was asked by the media whe­ther report­ing in which images of indi­vi­du­al iden­ti­fia­ble per­sons are published is per­mis­si­ble from the point of view of data pro­tec­tion law. The FDPIC empha­si­zes that a balan­cing of the public infor­ma­ti­on inte­rest and pri­va­cy is requi­red here.

Source: FDPIC – Inter­net publi­ca­ti­on of per­so­nal data in the con­text of report­ing on public events