The highest court in Germany has ordered a man to delete all the intimate photos and videos of his ex-partner because it violates her rights to privacy.
The Court told the man, a photographer, should not have nude photos and sex tapes of his ex, even if he had no intention of sharing them.
The court said, even though the woman consented to the images while they were together but this consent stopped when the relationship ended.
Germany has strictest privacy laws in Europe.
In its ruling (in German), the court said everyone has the right to decide who to grant insight into their sex life – including to whom they grant permission and in what form.
The court also stated that if the images were retained by the man, he will have a kind of “manipulative power” over his ex-lover. It was concluded that he should no longer have rights to the photos and videos once the relationship had ended. It is not clear how the ruling will be enforced.
