Communicated on 15 November 2018

SECOND SECTION

Application no. 40015/18 Z.E. against the Republic of Moldova lodged on 13 August 2018

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns the airing on television of a news item concerning a sex tape involving the applicant, a school teacher at the time, which had been made public by her former boyfriend as a form of pornography revenge. The news item made the applicant easily identifiable and included interviews with her colleagues and her mother. As a result, the applicant was forced to quit her job and her village. The applicant initiated court proceedings against the television station claiming compensation for defamation. The action was upheld and the applicant was awarded compensation in the amount of some EUR 2,000.

QUESTION tO THE PARTIES

Has there been a failure to protect the applicant ’ s right to respect for her private life, contrary to Article 8 of the Convention? In particular, can the applicant claim to be victim of a breach of Article 8 of the Convention in view of the amount of the compensation for non-pecuniary damage awarded to her in the domestic proceedings?