An unnamed
woman in the Netherlands was upset that her mother posted photos of her
children on Facebook and Pinterest, and demanded she take them down. The
grandmother refused multiple requests, so her daughter took her to court,
citing the European Union’s GDPR — the General Data Protection Regulation, an
online privacy law.
The judge in the case sided with the middle generation: the
grandmother must take the photos down, or face a 50 euro (US$56) fine — per day
— and if she posts any other photos of the children without the parents’
permission, those photos would also be subject to the fine.
“I think the ruling
will surprise a lot of people who probably don’t think too much before they
tweet or post photos,” said tech attorney Neil Brown of British law firm
decoded.legal. And if someone wants their photo taken down, then “the
reasonable thing — the human thing — to do, is to go and take them down.”
(RC/BBC) ...You know things have gotten bad when lawyers have to point out
“the human thing to do.”
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