(posted 8636 days ago)If you need to know, then ask a lawyer. It's a minefield.
I come from the same country as Christel "No Film" Green, but live in Britain now. Here I believe the rules are that you can photograph people on the street and publish the images if:
- The images are illustrating "news" (as in the stuff newspapers publish between the adverts...)
- The people are part of the "general scene". So if you photograph a street and there happen to be people on it, it's OK as long as the street is the primary subject. (Yes, I know: how do you decide?)
Beyond that you are on thiner ice. (The tabloids, btw. claim that their celebrity images are "newsworthy" even when they are shot with a 2,400+ mm focal length on a private beach...)
Your best bet is your local professional photographic organisation: they should be able to help you both with knowledge of the law and with recommendations for a good lawyer when somebody get offended... :-)