Fine for firm that posted photo of thief on Facebook page lifted

A Czech court has rescinded a fine on a company that posted on the internet a photo of a man who stole a bicycle from its shop. The Office for the Protection of Personal Data had fined the firm Ekolo.cz CZK 5,000 after it put a picture of the alleged thief on its Facebook page. A judge at the Prague Municipal Court said there was no reason that protection should be provided to the perpetrator of a crime, adding that the company had merely been attempting to recover its property. After Ekolo.cz posted the image on Facebook in November 2011 the bike was recovered the next day at a second-hand shop.

Author: Ian Willoughby