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Forbes Hungary recalls issue due to privacy ruling

The latest issue of the Hungarian edition of Forbes magazine has been recalled from newsstands due to a court ruling regarding privacy concerns, the magazine said Wednesday.

An Associated Press story states, “According to a statement from Forbes, the owners of Hell Energy, a Hungarian energy drink manufacturer, objected to their inclusion on the magazine’s list of the 50 richest Hungarians and to the publication of their identities.

“Forbes also removed the names of Hell Energy’s owners from the online version of its richest Hungarians list.

“A preliminary injunction issued by a Budapest court led to the printed magazine’s recall, but a court case about the publication of the names was just starting, Forbes said.

“Forbes said that if other courts used such an “extreme” interpretation of European Union data protection and privacy rules, it would damage press freedom and ‘will fill newspapers with PR articles instead of real articles.'”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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