# HelHO - HelHO:2026:8

- Type: News
- Source: GDPRhub
- Date: 2026-09-15
- Original: https://gdprhub.eu/index.php?title=HelHO_-_HelHO:2026:8
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/353954
- Topics: Controllers

## Summary

The district court denied the request in August 2025 and held that the information was in fact requested to investigate the backgrounds of individuals who had applied for the entertainment program for the purpose of making casting decisions, rather than for journalistic purposes as A claimed.The district court denied the request in August 2025 and held that the information was in fact requested to investigate the backgrounds of individuals who had applied for the entertainment program for the pu

## Full text

The district court denied the request in August 2025 and held that the information was in fact requested to investigate the backgrounds of individuals who had applied for the entertainment program for the purpose of making casting decisions, rather than for journalistic purposes as A claimed.The district court denied the request in August 2025 and held that the information was in fact requested to investigate the backgrounds of individuals who had applied for the entertainment program for the purpose of making casting decisions, rather than for journalistic purposes as A claimed. A subsequently appealed the case to the Helsinki Court of Appeals and demanded that the controller be ordered to disclose the information specified in the information request. A argued that a journalistic purpose may also encompass editorial work related to the preparation of journalistic content. In this case, researching the backgrounds of applicants and selecting participants were part of the journalistic p

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