Article 27
Limitation on the right to information for the media
- If personal data are processed exclusively for their publication in the editorial section of a periodically published medium, the controller may refuse, restrict or delay the provision of information for one of the following reasons:
- a. The data reveals the sources of the information.
- b. The provision of information would allow access to drafts of publications.
- c. The provision of information would compromise the freedom of the public to shape their own opinions.
- Journalists may also refuse, restrict or delay the provision of information if they are using the personal data exclusively as an aid to their own personal work.