News has swirled in the weeks after the tragic crash of a Germanwings airplane as we learn more about the copilot who allegedly crashed it into the Alps on purpose, killing all 149 passengers and staff on board. Some publications have even questioned whether German privacy law could have enabled such a heinous act. However, “Privacy does not cause airplanes to crash,” writes IAPP VP of Research and Education Omer Tene, “neither does pilot depression.” In this post for Privacy Perspectives, Tene discusses why the “wave of criticism against Germany’s strict privacy laws in the aftermath of the findings following the calamitous fate of Germanwings Flight 9525 is misguided and quite possibly dangerous.”
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