“Ministers, civil servants and government advisers are bracing themselves for an information commission ruling this week declaring that emails sent within government from private accounts are subject to freedom of information legislation and therefore can be disclosed.”
The Guardian, 13th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The number of public figures using privacy arguments has more than doubled over the past year as the controversy over the use of injunctions has grown, according to research from legal publisher Sweet & Maxwell.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 5th December 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) had enough evidence to prosecute journalists for unlawfully obtaining personal data found during the watchdog’s Operation Motorman investigation, a former senior investigator at the ICO has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th December 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“EU member states cannot generally prohibit organisations’ legitimate and necessary but unauthorised processing of personal data where the information is not stored in specified public sources, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 28th November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Court injunctions that force internet service providers (ISPs) to filter and monitor user traffic in order to prevent illegal file-sharing are contrary to EU law and fundamental rights, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady today succeeded in the latest stage of an attempt to discover how details of her telephone records found their way into the hands of a firm of accountants while rival clubs were bidding to use the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 London games.”
The Independent, 23rd November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An injunction was granted to the mother of actor Hugh Grant’s baby because paparazzi were making her life ‘unbearable’, a judge has explained.”
BBC News, 18th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Under article 5(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 a person who considered that his privacy rights had been infringed by content placed online on an internet website had the option of bringing an action either before the courts of the member state in which the publisher of that content was established or before the courts of the member state in which the centre of his interests was based. Under article 3 of Directive 2000/31/EC (‘the E-Commerce Directive’) member states had to ensure that, subject to the derogations authorised in accordance with the conditions set out in article 3(4), the provider of an electronic commerce service was not made subject to stricter requirements than those provided for by the substantive law applicable in the member state in which that service provider was established.”
WLR Daily, 25th October 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“The Bribery Act does not need to be changed to protect journalists who pay informants for stories, the Justice Secretary has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Counsel to the inquiry Robert Jay’s speech revealing details of investigation, including that 28 News International staff were mentioned in private eye Glenn Mulcaire’s notes.”
The Guardian, 15th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“EU member states will not be able to guarantee that individuals’ personal data has been deleted from the internet even if the ‘right to be forgotten’ is introduced under new data protection laws, the Culture Minister has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th November 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Today marks a minor landmark for open justice. For the first time, a public inquiry is being shown live over the internet.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 14th November 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“A judge-led inquiry launched after the News of the World phone-hacking scandal is to begin examining press practices.”
BBC News, 14th November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The publisher of the News of the World has been told by a French court that it must pay Max Mosley almost £20,000 after being found guilty of breaching the ex-Formula One chief’s privacy.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“In this new major report, supported by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, JUSTICE calls for a fundamental overhaul of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act in order to protect the right of individual privacy from unnecessary, unwarranted and unchecked state intrusion.”
Justice, 4th Novemver 2011
Source: www.justice.org.uk
“Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act fails to protect individuals from illegal surveillance, according to Justice.”
The Guardian, 4th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co,uk
“The legal opinion, only now made public, was prepared in June 2008 and referred to the activities of ‘at least three’ journalists.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“On the eve of Lord Justice Leveson’s inquiry into phone hacking and the ethics of journalism, the British Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) with 1 Crown Office Row hosted a roundtable discussion to examine how to reconcile the right to privacy with freedom of expression.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 1st November 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Britain’s largest police force is operating covert surveillance technology that can masquerade as a mobile phone network, transmitting a signal that allows authorities to shut off phones remotely, intercept communications and gather data about thousands of users in a targeted area.”
The Guardian, 30th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Jeremy Clarkson, the Top Gear presenter, took out a far-reaching injunction to prevent the publication of allegations that he had an affair with his first wife while married to his second, it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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