(Persönlichkeitsrecht) with the right of self-determination over personal data (informationelle Selbstbestimmung) [Mayer-Schönberger, 1998].28 The judgment reads as follows.29
If one cannot with sufficient surety be aware of the personal information about oneself that is known in certain part of his social environment, …can be seriously inhibited in one’s freedom of self-determined planning and deciding. A society in which the individual citizen would not be able to find out who knows what when about them, would not be reconcilable with the right of self-determination over personal data. Those who are unsure if differing attitudes and actions are ubiquitously noted and permanently stored, processed, or distributed, will try not to stand out with their behavior. …This would not only limit the chances for individual development, but also affect public welfare, since self-determination is an essential requirement for a democratic society that is built on the participatory powers of its citizens [Reissenberger, 2004].
The then-president of the federal constitutional court, Ernst Benda, summarized his private thoughts regarding their decision as follows.30
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