73First of all, the collection of data by name relating to an individual's professional income, with a view to communicating it to third parties, falls within the scope of Article 8 of the Convention. The European Court of Human Rights has held in this respect that the expression ‘private life’ must not be interpreted restrictively and that ‘there is no reason of principle to justify excluding activities of a professional ... nature from the notion of “private life’” (see, inter alia, Amami v. Switzerland [GC], no. 27798/95, § 65, ECHR 2000-11 and Rotam v. Romania [GC], no. 28341/95, § 43, ECHR 2000-V).
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