It seems that the European Union ’s digital seclusion protections are n’t just a handy agency to keep the Facebooks and Googles of the humanity from snooping into your personal life . According to a recentcourt rulingin the Netherlands , these same protection can apply to overly invasive family member , too .
Firstdetailedin the Register , the case need a Dutch grandmother who refuse to delete photos of her “ underage ” grandchild from social medium , despite their mother ’s protest . As the Register explains , the grandmother and her girl had n’t been in contact for roughly a twelvemonth due to a “ family argument . ” Among the issues , seemingly , was the grandmother ’s refusal to take down picture of her girl ’s three kids from her Facebook account , and in February , these ill reached the local police .
The grandma go along on snub the authorization ’ postulation — and , per the docket , kept on updating her page with more photo of these grandkids — so the fuss was taken to motor inn . This result in the Grandma taking down all of the exposure , save for one of the grandson she ’d cared for from 2012 to 2019 , when he was populate with her . In this casing , neither the baby ’s mother nor his father had consented to the photo being shared on social media .
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As it so happens , the Dutchstipulationssurrounding the EU ’s oecumenical data protection regulation — also have it off as GDPR — need the license of a sound guardian when posting intel about anyone under the age of 16 . Typically , something that could be moot a “ personal ” or “ domesticated ” action ( which , ostensibly , includes posting photos of your grandkids ) fall outside of the GDPR ’s protections . But as the tribunal agenda notes :
It can not be dominate out that posting a photo on a personal Facebook Sir Frederick Handley Page falls under a purely personal or household bodily process , [ because ] it has not been sufficiently established how [ defendant ] her Facebook business relationship or her Pinterest score has been set up or protect .
look for the gens of a grandkid using a hunt engine , they excuse , could easily turn up these photos , since photos on most societal media profiles are one of themany , many thingsthat are automatically index by companies like Google . So even though posting a depiction of your children ( or grandchild ) might be technically considered domesticated , it ’s still something that can have pretty far - reaching implications in the non - personal kingdom .
The Dutch motor lodge present this nan 10 days to take the pictures down , menace a amercement of € 50.00 ( or around $ 55 ) for every solar day the picture stays posted , up to a uttermost of € 1,000 , or just over $ 1,090 . It ’s undecipherable if she ’s taken the photo down by now , but hopefully this will make her suppose double before putting these grandkids on display .
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