“The European Commission has rejected the UK’s defence of its electronic privacy laws and will continue to pursue legal action against the Government in a case sparked by BT’s use of Phorm web activity monitoring without telling its subscribers.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th October 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“The High Court has upheld a famous person’s rights under the law of confidence over someone else’s right to reveal his activity with a prostitute under defamation law. The Court has granted an interim injunction which will keep the man’s identity a secret.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Government has outlined its plans to jail people convicted of trading illegally in personal data or knowingly or recklessly disclosing it. Under the plans the jail terms would be introduced next April.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th October 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Madonna today accepted substantial undisclosed damages for privacy and infringement of copyright over the Mail on Sunday’s publication of ‘purloined’ photos of her wedding to Guy Ritchie.”
The Guardian, 6th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Citizen spies will be given the chance to win up to £1,000 by watching CCTV cameras on the internet and reporting people they suspect of committing crimes.”
Daily Telegraph, 6th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Controversial government plans to allow Jobcentre staff to ‘order’ benefit claimants to undergo tests for drug and alcohol dependency are in breach of European law and unlikely to work, according to leading addiction charities.”
The Guardian, 27th September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) will take into account how much of a celebrity’s private life they have chosen to expose in the past when ruling on new allegations of invasion of privacy, it has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th September 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Information Commission said today it had been ‘badly let down’ by parliament, the courts and newspapers in its attempt to stop the ‘flourishing’ trade in illegally obtained confidential personal information.”
The Guardian, 2nd September 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Information Commissioner Christopher Graham has said that the courts and Parliament are to blame for the ongoing trade in personal information uncovered by its Motorman investigation.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd September 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“New systems planned by the European Commission to ease traffic problems across Europe do not adequately protect the privacy of travellers, according to the regulator set up to monitor the privacy implications of Commission actions.”
OUT-LAW.,com, 24th July 2099
Surce: www.out-law.com
“Privacy regulator the Information Commissioner will be handed new powers to issue fines next April. The Commissioner’s office has confirmed for the first time the date on which it will be able to hand out new fines.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd July 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Jack Straw has announced the next stage of reforms aimed at increasing transparency and confidence in our family justice system.”
Ministry of Justice, 9th July 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Metropolitan Police knew that numerous mobile phones had been illegally hacked by private investigators but failed to alert the phones’ owners, according to The Guardian newspaper. If so, the victims should have been told, a privacy expert has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th July 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Prisoners on the run from Holleseley Bay prison cannot be identified because it would breach their rights to privacy, the Ministry of Justice has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A woman accused of starving her daughter to death threatened a social worker who looked through her letterbox with legal action, a court has heard.”
BBC News, 19th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
In re Attorney General’s Reference (No 3 of 1999) [2009] UKHL 34; [2009] WLR (D) 192
“An order made by the House of Lords on an Attorney General’s reference in October 2000 prohibiting identification of the defendant, D, should now, on a balance of the defendant’s right to privacy under art 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the right of the media to freedom of expression and communication under art 10, be discharged.”
WLR Daily, 17th June 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
In re British Broadcasting Corporation: Attorney-General’s Reference (No 3 of 1999)
House of Lords
“Balancing the defendant’s right to privacy under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights against the right of the British Broadcasting Corporation under article 10 of that Convention to freedom of expression and communication, an order made by the House of Lords in October 2000 in an Attorney-General’s reference prohibiting identification of the defendant, D, should be discharged.”
The Times, 18th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Regina (Wood) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Court of Appeal
“Justification for state interference with the right to privacy had to be the more compelling where that interference was in pursuit of the protection of the community from the risk of public disorder or low level crime as against the danger of terrorism or really serious criminal activity.”
The Times, 1st June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Police should not have kept photos taken of an arms trade protester, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The retention of the photos long after the peaceful protest was a breach of the man’s right to privacy, the Court ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th May 2009
Source: www.outlaw.com
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