 The "Lost Art Database" has been criticized in the press for publishing photographs of the paintings seized in 2012 from Cornelius Gurlitt, stating that the legal basis for publishing images of a private citizen's personal property without their express permission is a violation of their privacy.The fact that the "Lost Art Database" posts information about looted art on its website without actively researching its provenance has led to criticism in the press, in that it puts "the burden of identifying stolen paintings in private collections... on aging Holocaust survivors and their relatives.