Internet portal not obliged to identify users who breach personal rights, German court says
( July 1, 2014, 14:18 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Germany's Supreme Court has ruled that the operator of a medical practitioner-rating website is not obliged to disclose the identity of a user who made statements on the site that a doctor claimed to be untrue. The doctor in question was seeking the user's personal data, in order to start court actions to prevent repetition of the activity.Bundesgerichtshof...
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