The first iCLIC conference, “Enrolling Internet Intermediaries in the Law Enforcement Process: Challenges and Opportunities” is taking place at the University of Southampton on 17 and 18 September 2015. Continue reading
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Month: August 2015 (Page 2 of 3)
Hackers calling themselves ‘The Impact Team’ (TIT) have carried out their threat to release the hacked data from the adult dating site Ashley Madison (AM), which uses the slogan: “Life is short. Have an affair“. AM is part of Canadian company Avid Life Media (ALM), which specialises in websites offering married users opportunities to hook up with similarly attached people. Other associated ALM sites include Cougar Life and Established Men. Continue reading
Those looking to serve a privacy claim out of the jurisdiction on a non-EU defendant will be interested in the news that a new jurisdictional gateway will soon be inserted into the CPR for claims in breach of confidence and misuse of private information where the relevant acts are committed and/or detriment is suffered within the jurisdiction. The new rule will have effect from 1 October 2015. Continue reading
For the past four years the investigative website Press Gang has been dissecting the career of Piers Morgan. The result is a long series of articles entitled “A Pretty Despicable Man” (after a comment made by Morgan himself.) Continue reading
After proceedings at the national level lasting eight years, and after a preliminary ruling by the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg on 16 December 2008 (Case C-73/07), the European Court of Human Rights (Fourth section) in Strasbourg has delivered a controversial judgment in the domain of protection of personal data and data journalism. Continue reading
As Fleet Street’s annual silly season sets in, thank goodness for the common sense of Mrs Justice Laing.
In a short interim privacy injunction ruling, the High Court judge has ruled that infidelity doesn’t necessarily equate to hypocrisy sufficient to justify the former lover spilling the private beans. Continue reading
On 7 August 2015, Kitchin LJ granted MGN permission to appeal against the privacy damages decision of Mann J in the case of Gulati v MGN ([2015] EWHC 1482 (Ch)). The hearing of the appeal was expedited. Continue reading
The Inforrm blog is taking a summer break until the end of September. We thank all our readers and contributors who have supported us over the past year. Posting will continue over the summer but will not be as regular as normal. Continue reading
On 27 July 2015, the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris awarded damages of €8,000 to the actor Leonardo DiCaprio for interference with his private life and his image rights. Oops! magazine was ordered to publish a statement summarising the decision on the front cover. The judgment (DiCaprio v Oops!) is available in only in French. Continue reading
The grant of a privacy injunction in the case of AMC v News Group Newspapers ([2015] EWHC 2361 (QB)) has unleashed a deluge of largely inaccurate media comment worthy of the “super injunction spring” of 2011. Yet much of what is reported in the press does not appear in the judgment, which was in fact decided on established principles after careful balancing of the rights of the respective parties. Continue reading
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