Like many global companies, Google is illegally collecting and storing personal data … But how effective can prosecution be when fines are modest and users freely give up their privacy? Dina Shiloh investigates in this Inforrm article ... more
Category: Privacy
Public figures and private lives
Mr Justice Lindblom recently refused to injunct a Sun on Sunday story about a former football manager’s extra-marital affair. In this article, which first appeared on Inforrm, London barrister Edward Craven explains why the decision sets a “worrying precedent” ... more
(UK) Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions Report
The UK’s Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions Report has just been released and it contains some surprises … This summary of its key findings and criticisms first appeared on Inforrm ... more
A statutory cause of action for privacy – Issues Paper
The Australian government’s recently released Issues Paper on a proposed law of privacy poses some real hurdles for the practice of journalism – among them the notion of “reasonableness”, the definition of public interest, the “seriousness” of the invasion and the question of remedies ... more
Victoria Saad v Chubb Security Australia and Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd
NSW may just get its first breach if privacy trial if Justice Peter Hall allows an action brought by a former Commonwealth Bank employee over the misuse of CCTV footage to go ahead ... more
Do we need a right to privacy?
Iris Robinson v Sunday Newspapers
Should hearings in some privacy cases be held in private? And how much consideration should be given to new forms of publication such as Twitter? In this article, which first appeared on Inforrm, leading London media lawyer Mark Thomson reviews a pertinent Northern Ireland Court of Appeal case ... more
Hiding behind anonymity
Is the internet as anonymous as it seems? And just how willing are internet companies to disclose identity information? London media lawyer Lucy Middleton looks at the reality in this article, which first appeared on Inforrm ... more
Max Mosley v United Kingdom
Max Mosley finally had his day in the European Court of Human Rights and lost, but is the decision not to give warning of threatened invasions helpful to critics of privacy law? In this article, which first appeared on the media law blog Inforrm, Hugh Tomlinson QC analyses the judgment ... more
Privacy law: the super-injunction is dead
Are reports of the death of the super-injunction exaggerated? This article, which first appeared on the media law blog Inforrm, reviews the figures and finds no super-injunctions at all in 2011 ... more
PCC Ruling: Twitter, Journalism and Privacy
The UK’s Press Complaints Commission recently – and for the first time – considered a complaint about the republication of tweets by the mainstream press. Is a post to 700 followers private? This review of the PCC’s decision was originally published on Inforrm, the International Forum for Responsible Media Blog ... more
“Outing” minister in the public interest – ACMA
The Australian Communications and Media Authority makes an extraordinary finding. Showing former NSW Minister David Campbell leaving a gay sauna was in the public interest – because he resigned over it ... more