The furore over the apparent betrayal of Coleen Rooney by her friend Rebekah Vardy – who is accused of leaking private information about the Rooney family to The Sun newspaper – has generated reams of British media coverage, conversation and commentary in just a few days. Read the rest of this entry »
What ‘Coleen Rooney vs Rebekah Vardy’ tells us about contemporary gender politics – Jilly Boyce Kay and Melanie Kennedy
13 10 2019Comments : 1 Comment »
Tags: Coleen Rooney, Jilly Boyce Kay, Melanie Kennedy, Rebekah Vardy, The Conversation
Categories : Journalism, Media, Privacy
Why we need a national commitment to open justice data – Judith Townend
13 10 2019
Justice ‘data’ – that is the information that arises from the process and administration of justice – is perhaps one of the most fundamentally important administrative data categories in public life. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Judith Townend, Open Governments Networks
Categories : Open Justice
The fightback against Facebook is getting stronger – Leighton Andrews
12 10 2019
Facebook leader Mark Zuckerberg recently took the unusual step of visiting lawmakers in Washington, including President Donald Trump in the White House. The reason? Congress’s anti-trust sub-committee has started demanding documents from Facebook and other big tech firms. It’s part of the committee’s investigation into whether dominant tech firms are acting anti-competitively. And Zuckerberg’s trip suggests the company is worried. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Facebook, Leighton Andrews, The Conversation
Categories : Media Regulation, Social Media
David Cameron was in Bed with the Press: Why is he Airbrushing Out his History as a Media Puppet? – Brian Cathcart
11 10 2019
David Cameron’s opening pitch in the ‘Leveson’ chapter of his autobiography is that, when he took over as leader of the Conservative party in 2005, he wanted “an arm’s-length approach to the press” – the underlying message being that he was no eager puppet of newspaper proprietors. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Brian Cathcart, Byline Times, David Cameron
Categories : Leveson Inquiry, Media, Media Regulation
Meghan Markle, Ben Stokes, Gareth Thomas: three reasons why UK press needs help to understand ‘public interest’ – Alexandros Antoniou
10 10 2019
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced their intention to launch legal action against the Mail on Sunday for publishing a private handwritten letter the Duchess had sent to her estranged father. Prince Harry said in a statement: “I lost my mother and now I watch my wife falling victim to the same powerful forces.” Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Alexandros Antoniou, Public Interest, The Conversation
Categories : Media, Privacy
Case Law: Lloyd v Google LLC, Landmark judgment in representative data protection action – Aidan Wills
9 10 2019
The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in Lloyd v Google LLC [2019] EWCA Civ 1599, a decision with significant implications for data protection law and practice. Brought on behalf of an estimated 4.4 million iPhone users, this representative claim concerns Google’s gathering and exploitation of browser generated information (“BGI”) on Apple’s Safari browser. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Aidan Wills, Matrix Media
Categories : Data Protection, Privacy
Media and Law Cases: 2019 Michaelmas Term Preview
8 10 2019
The Michaelmas Legal Term in England and Wales began a week ago, on Tuesday 1 October 2019. It will end on Friday 20 December 2019. This post deals with the media law cases listed for this term and cases in which decisions are awaited. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Legal, Media
Law and Media Round Up – 7 October 2019
7 10 2019
This has been a busy week for media law news with Duke and Duchess of Sussex bringing claims against the three largest newspaper groups. On Tuesday it was announced that the Duchess, Meghan Merkle, has has brought an action for misuse of private information, breach of copyright and data protection against the Mail on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Legal, Media
Meghan Markle letter: what the law says about the press, privacy and the public’s right to know – Hayleigh Bosher
6 10 2019
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have announced plans to sue the publisher of the Mail on Sunday Associated Newspapers, after they published a private letter from Meghan to her father earlier this year. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Copyright, Hayleigh Bosher, Prince Harry, The Conversation
Categories : Legal, Media, Privacy
Case Law: AAA v Rakoff, Lap dancers denied anonymity in privacy claim – Brett Wilson
6 10 2019
In AAA -v- Rakoff [2019] EWHC 2525 (QB) Mr Justice Nicklin set out the importance of claimants (and their lawyers) setting out a clear and consistent basis for seeking anonymity in civil proceedings. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Open Justice, Privacy
