Victory in Germany: court rules in favor of the Wikimedia Foundation « Wikimedia blog

"We are happy to announce that the court of Munich has ruled in favor of the Wikimedia Foundation in Dr. Evelyn Schels v. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. In May 2015, Dr. Schels filed a lawsuit in Munich requesting the removal of her date of birth from the German Wikipedia page about her. Since Dr. Schels is a famous person and her birthdate was taken from a publicly available source, the court held that the Wikimedia Foundation did not infringe on her rights. Dr. Evelyn Schels is a well known screenwriter and a director in Germany. In her lawsuit, Dr. Schels argued  that her general right of personality and her data protection rights were infringed because she did not consent to the publication of her date of birth in the Wikipedia article about her. She also argued that the presence of her date of birth in her Wikipedia article could lead to disadvantages in her job ..."