Rita Matias, Deputy from Arri
Representative of arrives for the court to erase a foreign child name from his social networks. “There is no regret,” says Rita Matias.
The deputy of the arrival Rita Matias It has ten days to remove from social networks the name of a foreign child who released in July, which presented a list of immigrant students to support the thesis that the Portuguese would be harmed in access to preschool teaching.
The decision results from an agreement reached this Monday at the Lisbon Civil Court, following an action filed by the child’s parents. On the way out of the court, accompanied by Deputy Pedro Frazão, Rita Matias said, however would publish the names again if necessary.
“It would disclose to the same extent, because what was quite clear in court is that it was an exercise in rhetoric to prove a point,” said the deputy: “It was proven that I was careful to safeguard and protect all sensitive data that would concretely identify where these children are.”
The deputy stressed that the reference to the location of the children, pointed out as a class from Lisbon, would correspond, in practical terms, to hundreds of classes, which would make direct identification impossible.
The episode dates back to the parliamentary debate on changes to the law of nationality, when André Ventura in plenary. Before, Rita Matias – – had shared the video with the full names of foreign children on social networks, saying that she “was not mistaken” and that what read “is a list of a Portuguese school.” Later, he admitted that did not confirm the list of names.
Despite having avoided pecuniary sanctions and not having to apologize publicly, the deputy risks the consequences If you do not comply with the agreement approved Monday by the judge, since it is equivalent to a court judgment.
The decision may also influence the Public Prosecution Service, which investigates the performance of the deputy and the Leader of the arrival, André Ventura.
The process, raises a special personality protection mechanism, has paved the way for other parents to demand the removal of their children’s namesAlthough the replication of online content makes total deletion impossible, the.
However, the National Data Protection Commission announced the opening of a investigation process. If it concludes for violation of the general data protection regime, Rita Matias and André Ventura may face high fines.
