“Mr Justice Eady has created almost single-handedly what is now a privacy law in Britain through a series of recent rulings that he sees as remedying a ‘glaring deficiency in our law’. ”
The Times, 25th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Internet service providers have pledged not to ‘spy’ on the web habits of customers as part of an agreement with the government to punish illegal sharing of music and films.”
The Guardian, 24th July 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Max Mosley has won his High Court privacy action against the News of the World, the newspaper which accused him of taking part in a Nazi-style orgy.”
The Times, 24th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“More than a 1,000 laws now exist that allow the authorities into homes, it has emerged.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“No decision has been taken to create a huge database containing details of all phone calls, e-mails and internet use, security minister Lord West says.”
BBC News, 17th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“MPs have won their battle to keep their addresses private.”
BBC News, 18th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Hospitals should share data with police when patients are admitted because of a violent attack, a crime expert says.”
BBC News, 18th July 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A ruling is expected next week in motorsport Max Mosley’s groundbreaking privacy case at the High Court.”
The Independent, 14th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Max Mosley is suing for breach of privacy over reports he participated in a sadomasochistic ‘Nazi orgy’. The case has big implications for tabloid culture and freedom of expression”
The Times, 13th July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“It read like the teenage party from hell: a riot of sex and wanton damage fuelled by under-age drinking that only ended when the police arrived.
But Jodie Hudson’s lurid description of the party on the social networking website Bebo, subsequently carried in a number of national newspapers, turned out to be fantasy. The media stories, and the accompanying pictures taken from Bebo, are now the subject of a landmark legal case that could redraw the boundaries of the use of information published on social networking sites including Bebo, Facebook and MySpace.”
The Independent, 11th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The editor of the News Of The World has defended the paper’s allegation that Max Mosley had engaged in ‘sick Nazi orgy’. Colin Myler claimed while being cross-examined at the High Court that the 68-year-old Formula One boss had instigated a ‘crime upon himself’ when he was caned until blood was drawn.”
The Independent, 10th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The UK’s privacy watchdog has said that EU privacy laws are out of date and in need of reform. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has commissioned a research firm to look into how the law could be changed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th July 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“A privacy pressure group has told Google that its Street View photography service might break the law. But the company says that its technical measures will safeguard people’s privacy.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th July 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“The case that could define the future freedom of the British press contains some of the key ingredients of a Whitehall farce: a seemingly respectable middle-aged man caught with his pants down, drinking tea and chattering away to scantily clad women in the language of the sitcom ‘Allo ‘Allo!: ‘Zey need more of ze punishment, I zink.'”
The Independent, 7th July 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoI) continues to surprise and baffle public sector information managers and lawyers. Every month there are an average of 20 decisions made by the information commissioner and eight by the Information Tribunal.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd July 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A newspaper has been censured for placing video content on its website which invaded a woman’s privacy by showing the inside of her home.”
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd July 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Max Mosley, the president of motor racing’s governing body, has been allowed to pursue his claim for breach of privacy against the News of the World over its report that he took part in a ‘Nazi-themed’ orgy.”
The Times, 2nd July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A businessman is suing an old schoolfriend after he allegedly created a fake profile of him on the social networking site Facebook.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st July 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Press Complaints Commission today rejected a complaint about privacy from Harry Potter author JK Rowling.”
The Guardian, 26th June 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Boris Johnson is facing his first big policy obstacle as Mayor of London after the Information Commissioner objected to his plans to map crime in the capital street by street, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 25th June 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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