Germany: Old reports in online-archives of newspapers may violate personality rights
by Sofie Luise BurgerThe German Federal Court of Justice Bundesgerichtshof decided on 16 February 2016 (No. VI ZR 367/15) that reports which are not up to date anymore, but are still kept available in online-archives of newspapers, may violate personality rights. Whether it is valid to keep those reports available has to be decided by thoroughly balancing the personality rights of the affected person with the freedom of press and expression of the newspaper.
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