# Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (Italy) - 10273026

- Type: News
- Source: GDPRhub
- Date: 2026-08-18
- Original: https://gdprhub.eu/index.php?title=Garante_per_la_protezione_dei_dati_personali_(Italy)_-_10273026
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/291265
- Topics: Supervisory Authorities, Retention Period, Controllers

## Summary

The DPA held that the dissemination of images of a body and the crime scene as part of the reporting on a murder case violated Article 5(1)(c) GDPR and the parents of the deceased were able to lodge a complaint on behalf of the deceased.The DPA held that the dissemination of images of a body and the crime scene as part of the reporting on a murder case violated the principle of data minimisation and the parents of the deceased, in accordance with national law, were able to lodge a complaint on b

## Full text

The DPA held that the dissemination of images of a body and the crime scene as part of the reporting on a murder case violated Article 5(1)(c) GDPR and the parents of the deceased were able to lodge a complaint on behalf of the deceased.The DPA held that the dissemination of images of a body and the crime scene as part of the reporting on a murder case violated the principle of data minimisation and the parents of the deceased, in accordance with national law, were able to lodge a complaint on behalf of the deceased. English Summary. English Summary Facts. Facts An Italian broadcasting company (controller) disseminated an episode about the murder of a woman. The murder case dates back several years but gained new attention after the investigation into the murder case was re-opened. In the dissemination, the interior of the home of the deceased and her parents was shown, as this was the place where the body was found. In particular, the dissemination depicted the exact location where th

## Cited law provisions (1)

### GDPR — gdpr-art-5-par-1-pnt-c-en

adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed (‘data minimisation’);

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