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Representative of a local government: Insufficient legal basis for data processing

A local representative took a photo of the director of a company fully owned by the local government depicting the director allegedly tearing off an election poster of the opposition in the company of his child.

€290 Fine
Representative of a local government
HUNGARY
Art. 5 GDPR Art. 6 GDPR Art. 12 GDPR Art. 15 GDPR Art. 17 GDPR
Consent Processing Representatives Public Authority Social Media
Mar 4, 2020 Source naih.hu

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A local representative took a photo of the director of a company fully owned by the local government depicting the director allegedly tearing off an election poster of the opposition in the company of his child. The local representative uploaded the photo to his Facebook page. The child’s image was blurred, yet it was hinted in the post that she was the daughter of the director. The director told the local representative at the scene that he does not consent to the taking of the photo. NAIH determined that the act of the director was not public information and the photo does not prove that the director torn off an election poster. NAIH also underpinned that only the name of the director of the company fully owned by the local government was public information.

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