According to data protection, the "please tell me" ads are sensitive

 The Federal Data Protection Commissioner considers "Please tell me" advertisements, such as those that appear in Migros magazine, to be sensitive. The reason: In some cases, very personal details about wanted persons are revealed.  
The data protection commissioner considers the column to be a borderline case, according to SDA in the latest issue of "Datum," the newsletter of the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner. The consent of the person sought could not be given, and an overriding interest could hardly be claimed for all these advertisements. From the point of view of data protection, the matter is therefore "not entirely clean.
". Apparently, however, the column meets a broad need, the data protection officer continued, and so far hardly any complaints have been received. For this reason, the data protection officer appeals to advertisers and editors not to disclose any more information about the person they are looking for than is absolutely necessary.