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This data is like Wikipedia.

Does every Wikipedia entry about a person in Europe need that person's permission before it can be published? Can I make Wikipedia delete my Wikipedia page permanently with no way for anyone to ever to recreate it? What about a blog post? If a write about a friend of mine doing something on my blog, do I need my friend's written permission before I can post?

I'm guessing that this answer is "no."



Actually, articles on non-famous people require extra notibility as there are more protections for libel. Helpfully, most people with wikis are famous.


This.

If there's a large enough public interest, then information about a person can be published.

And no, I can't just create a wikipedia page for my neighbor and post their phone number there, that'd be illegal and would get me into serious trouble.


Wikipedia will, and have, remove(d) pages about people who ask them to remove it.




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