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I love how they don't tell the full name of Marco B. and Angelo K., but do tell that they companies were called "Bos IT Holding BV" and "Kreikamp IT Holding BV"
by rolfvandekrol 7y ago
I love how they don't tell the full name of Marco B. and Angelo K., but do tell that they companies were called "Bos IT Holding BV" and "Kreikamp IT Holding BV".
- jmkni 7y ago> Good morning, class. A certain... agitator-- > For privacy's sake, let's call her Lisa S. > No, that's too obvious. Uh, let's say L. Simpson--
- zaarn 7y agoPossibly the newspaper didn't even notice at first, though the abbreviation of the name is usual (and mandatory) in Europe.
- ErikHuisman 7y agoIt is NOT mandatory. This is courtesy of the press but there are no laws or regulations.
- zaarn 7y agoIt's mandatory if the newspaper want to continue being a respected newspaper. So for all intents and purposes it's mandatory.
- archi42 7y agoI can second this. You don't read the full names of suspects (!) in a newspaper in Germany. I believe this is actually due to the law here (e.g. if they're innocent, their name is not ruined). That is somewhat relaxed, as long as they're not a public figure (e.g. no one would say "Angela M. is suspected to be a physicist" if it's about the German Chancellor) and as long as it's clear from the article that they're not (yet) convicted. Can't speak for the rest of Europe of course.
- Doxin 7y agoWell I dunno about germany but over here in the netherlands there's no real law about not using full names. However if a paper does use someones full name and then that person gets their reputation ruined they will usually get a lower sentence if guilty. The idea being that getting your reputation ruined is a punishment in itself.
- Confusion 7y agoThere is currently a court case against a drugs kingpin where one of the reputable newspapers does mention his full name, but each time followed by "-- the suspect's lawyer has indicated the suspect has no objection to his full name being used" (once per article of course)
- hobofan 7y ago"Proper" newspapers don't, but yellow press (e.g. BILD) which is consumed by a large chunk of the German population doesn't really care that much about preserving privacy or correctly reporting on conviction status.
- Ligrev 7y agoBos means a forest, likely nothing to do with his name
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- vectorEQ 7y agojust google the company names, atleast one yields name of 'ceo'...
- jbverschoor 7y agoIt’s a normal Dutch last name. Also, the naming of the holdings is the same. So they probably registered it at the same time. Anyway, information can always be checked at the chamber of commerce
- krageon 7y agoIt costs 2.50 to check the names of the owners of these companies at the chamber of commerce if that makes you doubt whether or not it's actually the name. This means that the owners were effectively outed by the publication anyway.
- vectorEQ 7y agoit costs google query.
- avar 7y agoNot really, the point of Dutch privacy law (and similar EU laws) in this context is not to deter a dedicated investigator, but to merely put enough of a hurdle in place that everyone reading the article won't see the names of suspects, and they won't show up in web searches etc.
- gpvos 7y agoThe convention (I don't think it's actually a law) existed before web searches, but it's a nice side effect.
- systemtest 7y agoI remember articles in the style of: "Dennis B., son of Jan Bredewold". I believe it was the Telegraaf newspaper.