The publishers of the Mail on Sunday will appeal next week against their humiliating defeat in the copyright and privacy case brought by Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. The Duchess sued and won in the London High Court after the paper had published substantial extracts from a letter she wrote to her estranged father, Thomas Markle. Continue reading
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It has, today, been announced on the UK Supreme Court website that judgment in the case of Lloyd v Google will be handed down at 9.45 on Wednesday 10 November 2021. Google’s appeal against the Court of Appeal’s 2 October 2019 decision ([2019] EWCA Civ 1599) was heard on 28 and 29 April 2021 by a panel consisting of Lord Reed, Lady Arden and Lords Sales, Leggatt and Burrows. Continue reading
On paper, privacy rights for citizens of countries throughout Africa are well protected. Privacy rights are written into constitutions, international human rights conventions and domestic law. Continue reading
In September, the Wall Street Journal released the Facebook Files. Drawing on thousands of documents leaked by whistle blower and former employee Frances Haugen, the Facebook Files show that the company knows their practices harm young people, but fails to act, choosing corporate profit over public good. Continue reading
On 12 October 2021, Oxford County Court handed down judgment in Fairhurst v Woodard (Case No: G00MK161). A dispute between neighbours over the use of cameras for security purposes, the case gave rise to successful claims in harassment and data protection, and offers an important note of caution for those looking to install surveillance systems to protect their homes. Continue reading
The UK government has promised that its new app, expected to launch in late 2022, will be a one-stop shop, simplifying access to a wide range of government services. But issues of surveillance and access are just some of the questions yet to be addressed. Continue reading
This is the eighteenteenth instalment in a regular series from Inforrm highlighting press and case reports of new media and information cases from around the world. It is intended to complement our United States: Monthly Round Up posts. Please let us know if there are other cases and jurisdictions which we should be covering. Continue reading
Terabytes of sensitive financial data have been stolen by cyber hackers and supplied, on a massive scale, to large numbers of journalists who appear to believe that there is a public interest in trawling through private information. Continue reading
The latest Ministry of Justice privacy injunction statistics show that the low rate of applications has continued in 2021. In the first six months of the year there were 3 privacy injunction applications (compared to 10 in 2020). Continue reading
The Royal Family in modern times live very public lives. Core members seem to have been bred in captivity, like exotic fish in an open aquarium, some of whose waters are murkier than others, but almost all of which will sooner or later be publicly visible. Continue reading
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