Buivids: Rage posting to YouTube may qualify as “Journalistic Activity”

This is a photo of Toronto’s 1947 LaFrance rescue squad. “Urban Legend” had it that this rig was heavily damaged in an accident within a couple of years of going into service, and later repaired and re-entered into service as a “booster car” at the Lombard St. firehall. I bought into the legend even though I had never seen proof of said accident- Reprinted from the Third Alarm newsletter of the Ontario Fire Buff Associates

SERGEJS BUIVIDS v. THE AUGSTĀKĀ TIESA / C-345/17 / (14 February 2019) (“BUIVIDS”)

This case in a nutshell…

Mr. Buivids recorded a video at a police station of activity that he considered unlawful and posted it to YouTube. The Datu valsts inspekcija (the Latvian Data Protection Authority) issued a…