Sirje Kingsepp

Sirje Kingsepp (born 13 September 1969) is an Estonian politician and celebrity.

Sirje Kingsepp
Leader of the Estonian Left Party
In office
18 December 2004 – 13 June 2007
Preceded byTiit Toomsalu
Succeeded byParty merged with Constitution Party to form Estonian United Left Party
Personal details
Born (1969-09-13) 13 September 1969
Kiviõli, Estonia
Political partyEstonian Left Party

Biography

Kingsepp was born in Kiviõli, 13 September 1969. She is a former reality TV show Baar participant, also known as Baari-Sirje (Sirje of "Baar"),[1] and a former chairperson of the Estonian Left Party (Estonian: Eestimaa Vasakpartei)

Kingsepp has mainly caught attention with her legal action against Eesti Päevaleht concerning publication of Feminist and Socialist but not Communist, a political profile story by Eesti Päevaleht while she was still an active politician. The story was written with Kingsepp's active cooperation and originally published on 23 December 2004. It was available via Eesti Päevaleht's web archive until December 2008 when she requested its withdrawal on grounds of it containing her personal data, particularly marital status, number of children, and location of birth, education, and residence.[2][3][4] Subsequently, Estonian Data Protection Inspection backed the request; Eesti Päevaleht complied but appealed to Tallinn Administrative Court. In June 2009, the court upheld the request on grounds that public interest towards Kingsepp's person has ceased since she withdrew from active politics, and that her former party is a "completely marginal" organisation. Accordingly, the story was no longer available on Eesti Päevaleht's website. It could still be read in libraries that maintain archives of newspapers. From 19 August 2010 it is again available due to the ruling of the Supreme Court of Estonia.

Further reading
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gollark: The UK government is also working on the incredibly ææææ "online safety bill", which obliges online things to ban "harmful content" (not illegal, "harmful").
gollark: I do know about this.
gollark: It doesn't help that various governments and such also seem to not want anonymous online communications.
gollark: Maybe people will get sufficiently annoyed by this sort of practice to get it to stop at some point, or maybe we're doomed to a dystopia of social acceptability.

References
  1. SL Õhtuleht 18 December 2004: «Baari» Sirjest saab parteijuht? by Kristjan Roos
  2. Eesti Päevaleht 10 December 2008 12:16: Andmekaitse inspektsioon nõuab endise parteijuhi persooniloo kustutamist Päevalehe võrguarhiivist by Holger Roonemaa
  3. Eesti Päevaleht 10 December 2008 12:46: Kingsepp: minu isikuandmed ei ole enam tähtsad by Holger Roonemaa
  4. Postimees 11 June 2009 10:43: Kohus kinnitas nõuet võtta lehe võrguväljaandest maha isikuandmeid sisaldav lugu by Urmas Seaver
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