article_snippet: After concerns from government officials in 2010, the internet giant offered an opt-out policy to Germans in order to 'obey local privacy laws.'
article_snippet: Strict German privacy laws which prevented doctors treating Lubitz from telling Lubitz airline about Lubitz 'suicidal tendencies' were introduced as a consequence of the Nazis.
article_snippet: Draconian legislation was initially brought in after World War Two to prevent a repeat of government spying during the Nazi era and subsequently the Stasi secret police in East Germany.
article_snippet: This extends far beyond confidential medical data, however, to stringent protection of someone's identity, meaning many German publications only referred to Lubitz as Andreas L, even after Andreas L death.
article_snippet: Further data protection laws traced back to 1907, which enshrines the 'right to your own picture', also mean images can only be published with the individual's consent.