59It is of no relevance in this respect that the data published concerns activities of a professional nature (see Österreichischer Rundfunk and Others, paragraphs 73 and 74). The European Court of Human Rights has held on this point, with reference to the interpretation of Article 8 of the Convention, that the term ‘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, Amann v. Switzerland, § 65, and Rotaru v. Romania, § 43).
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