The Personal Data Protection Inspector’s Statement on Publishing Identity of and Crimes Committed by the Starving Inmates

2013-12-20 13:25:35

Today the Ministry of Corrections and Legal Aid published the identity of and the crimes committed by the several starving inmates on its official web page. The Ministry addressed the Personal Data protection Inspector with this issue and after consultations promptly reacted through deleting the information from its web page.

Taking into account the sensitive nature of the published information, the interests and rights of the inmates and their family members, the Personal Data Protection Inspector of Georgia urges the media to abstain from disseminating the inmates’ personal data.