Personal data made public by the ‘data subject’ and use of information published on social networks: early observations of GDPR art. 9, para. 2, letter e)
Among the topics of current interest in the field of protection of personal data are the limits on use of the information published on social networks, especially in view of the regulatory changes introduced by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). This article identifies the consequences of this issue arising from the exception on the prohibition of “processing special categories of personal data” (Art. 9 GDPR) for cases where the processing relates to “personal data which are manifestly made public by the interested party “(paragraph 2, lett. e).