Hey, actually, it was the US who pioneered that particular invention. Germany merely perfected that (with support from IBM).

But I was speaking of present events, something that is still happening, not something half a century in the past...

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That really only happens with public figures who have a commercial interest in managing their image. Otherwise, you're pretty much shit-outta-luck, unless you can raise enough of a public stink to get the company to back down.
Uh, no, my dear, a certain German newspaper (BILD) runs afoul of this law time and again - and is also smacked for it time and again. There are countless other examples where the media was punished for not asking permission before printing pictures of non-famous citizens for no good reason.