Court Tells Grandma To Delete Photos Of Grandkids On Facebook For Violating The GDPR

Court Tells Grandma To Delete Photos Of Grandkids On Facebook For Violating The GDPR

3 years ago
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200521/11304944547/court-tells-grandma-to-delete-photos-grandkids-facebook-violating-gdpr.shtml

We've talked for many years now about the overreach of the GDPR and how its concepts of "data protection" often conflict with both concepts of free expression and very common every day activities. The latest example, first highlighted by Neil Brown, is that a Dutch court has said that a grandmother must delete photos of her grandkids that she posted to Facebook and Pinterest, because it violates the GDPR. There is, obviously, a bit more to the case, and it involves a family dispute involving the parents and the grandmother, but, still, the end result should raise all sorts of questions.

And while many EU data protections folks are saying this was to be expected based on earlier EU rulings regarding the GDPR, it doesn't make the result any less ridiculous. As the BBC summarizes: