Paper The presentation of the Daruvarac case on the Croatian portals and violation of the privacy rights is composed of theoretical and research part. In the theoretical part subjects like ethics of journalism, regulations of media reports and data privacy as well as definition of term violence against women are covered. The research part is composed of analysis of the results collected on portal Jutarnji hr, Večernji hr and 24 sata in the period from June 2018 to March 2019. The research was conducted by using the method of content analysis on total of 156 reports. The statistical data shows that, from year to year, there is a significant increase of violent behavior and that this is becoming one of the most serious issues of the modern society and involvement of the society as a whole in resolving this issue is of crucial importance. Therefore, the media as broadcasters of such issues have a significant role in shaping of the public perception and their duty is to make sure that the victims dignity stays when reporting. The goal of this paper is to investigate in which way did the media report the information regarding the "case Daruvarac" meaning, did they report about the case according to the ethical rules defined by the profession. The research showed that the main hypothesis Croatian portals did not respect the privacy right and the ethical rules defined by the profession when reporting about the „case Daruvarac“ is confirmed