Mr. Antonello Soro, President of the Italian data Protection Authority, warns against the privacy risk of trails by media:
“Trials today seem to happen more in the newspapers and in the internet than in courtrooms, which has effect that we should reflect more about. It is a conquest of modern times having made trial public (so less arbitrary). However, the lack of secrecy, which is a value of democracy, should not mean media fury: … The risks of trails by media are material, both for individuals and for the society as a whole.” (our translation)
Full interview (in Italian) here
October 4, 2014