Since the entry into force of the GDPR, we no longer mess with the question of personal data. In the Netherlands, woman did not hesitate to sue her own mother for having published, without her consent, photos of her offspring on social networks, reports on Friday the site Numerama , relaying information from the BBC.
The grandmother was sentenced on the basis of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), which now governs the protection of personal data within the European Union.
A penalty of € 50 per day late
Like many grandparents, the Dutch used to post photos of her grandchildren on the Facebook social network. An initiative that was not to the liking of the mother, holder of parental authority, and who decided to take the case to court.
The judges agreed with him, ordering the grandmother to immediately remove the disputed photos, under penalty of a penalty of € 50 per day of delay. In addition, each new photo published in the future will be subject to an additional fine of € 50 per day. And this, as long as her daughter opposes these publications.
Photos published in the "public sphere"
In the present case, the judges considered that the photographs published by the grandmother did not come under the private sphere, since the photos were exposed on the public social network. They therefore put into practice the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). "We cannot exclude that the photos could be distributed and end up in the hands of third parties", can we read in particular in the judgment.
The case is far from being an isolated case. As LCI recalls, a similar case has already taken place in Italy. In 2018, a 16-year-old teenager sued his own mother for the removal of photos posted on Facebook. Again, the complainant was successful.
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