Judgment 47784/18

Applicant name ZINCHENKO AND OTHERS
Applicant typeNatural person
Number of applicants 22
Country Russia
Application no. 47784/18 10432/21 13424/21 21468/21 23408/21 26290/21 39209/21 43268/21 45077/21 45349/21 46352/21 46493/21 47071/21 47148/21 49242/21 49500/21 49632/21 56424/21 56623/21 57204/21 57907/21 45469/22
Date 22/02/2024
Judges María Elósegui, President,
 Mattias Guyomar,
 Kateřina Šimáčková
Institution Court
Type Judgment
Outcome Art. 8 Violation
Reason mini-judgment
Type of privacy Informational privacy
Keywords Facial recognition
Facts of the case Art. 8 (2) – restrictions on the right to private life of participants in public assemblies – use of facial recognition technology for the identification of the applicant as a participant of the rally on 23/01/2021 and his subsequent conviction (raised on appeal, final decision: Moscow City Court, 23/09/2021; complaint lodged on 23/03/2022),
Analysis
Other Article violation? Yes, 5, 6, 10, 11, p7-2, p7-4
Damage awarded 9000 (1 applicant)
Documents Judgment