A June 2018 decision rendered by the Supreme Court of the United States established an interesting principle on digital privacy in a case related to a criminal proceeding. Read the rest of this entry »
The legal implications of digital privacy – Florencio Travieso
16 01 2019Comments : Leave a Comment »
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Categories : Internet, Legal, Privacy
Hacked Off: Gatwick Drones and Cliff’s Law: privacy invasion without public interest justification
15 01 2019
The debate on whether a new law should be introduced, dubbed ‘Cliff’s Law’, has recently resurfaced. This is in part due to the ‘Gatwick Drones’coverage over the Christmas period, when a couple was, in effect, wrongly accused on the front page of two national newspapers of being involved in criminal activity after they were arrested on suspicion of being responsible for the Gatwick airport drone disruption. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Media Regulation, Privacy
Article 8 and the “outside world”: privacy, reputation and employment – Hugh Tomlinson QC
10 01 2019
The Article 8 right to respect for private life has many facets and has often seemed in danger of uncontrolled expansion. The Court of Human Rights has often noted that private life is “not susceptible to exhaustive definition”, embracing “multiple aspects of the person’s physical and social identity”. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Article 8, Hugh Tomlinson QC, Right to Reputation
Categories : Human Rights, Privacy
Book Review: “Remedies for Breach of Privacy” edited by Jason N E Varuhas and N A Moreham – Emma Foubister
8 01 2019
This book is a collection of essays from leading academics, practitioners and judges on questions raised by the emergent law of remedies for breach of privacy. It arose out of the International Workshop on Remedies for Breach of Privacy, held at Melbourne Law School in December 2016, which encouraged new thinking about the common law approach to this topic. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Privacy
A brief introduction to the concept of privacy under English law, Part III – Suneet Sharma
28 12 2018
From the landmark case of Campbell and the development of breach of privacy as an action, it is clear that the integration of privacy as a concept in English law is still in its formative years. In Part III we consider some of the significant cases post-Campbell to date, bringing into relief key issues and developments in privacy law, many of which are ongoing or merit further consideration by the courts. Read the rest of this entry »
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Drone hysteria and the serial privacy invaders of the British Press – Hugh Tomlinson QC
24 12 2018
The news last week was dominated by the “Gatwick drones” with the country’s second busiest airport being closed three times in three days and 140,000 passengers being stranded. On Friday 21 December 2018 a local couple were arrested “following a tip off“. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Leveson Inquiry, Media Regulation, Privacy
A brief introduction to the concept of privacy under English law, Part II – Suneet Sharma
4 12 2018
In Part II we consider the legislative framework under English law which enshrined privacy and the recent development of the action for misuse of private information, which underpinned as privacy as a value. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Privacy
