Misuse of Private Information in UK Law
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Beyts v Trump International Golf Club Scotland Ltd : Caught Short on Data Protection and Privacy
... ... , or more specifically, notified the Information Commissioner of their data processing, as ... 's (“ECHR”) requirement to protect private life, and christened in Campbell v MGN as misuse ... ...
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Elspeth Christie Reid, PERSONALITY, CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY IN SCOTS LAW Edinburgh: W Green & Son (www.wgreen.co.uk), Scottish Universities Law Institute, 2010. li + 379 pp. ISBN 9780414016811. £120.
... ... Christie Reid, Professor of Scottish Private Law at the University of Edinburgh, reminds us ... reputation, image and the control of information). The book begins with an introduction, Part Two ... confidence, equity and tort in respect of misuse of private information, commercialising of image, ... ...
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Book Review: Criminal Women
... ... Employing "private pain to inform a public issue" (p 181), ... intrusiveness of the regime; the misuse of private information; the denial of ... ...
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Book Review: Violence and Crime in Cross National Perspective
... ... Employing "private pain to inform a public issue" (p 181), ... intrusiveness of the regime; the misuse of private information; the denial of ... ...
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A Behavioural Understanding of Privacy and its Implications for Privacy Law
This article draws upon social interaction theory (the work of Irwin Altman) to develop a theory of the right to privacy, which reflects the way that privacy is experienced. This theory states that...... ... on Human Rights (ECHR) and the law of misuse of private information; the concept of waiver; ... ...
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The Rule in Wilkinson v Downton: Conduct, Intention, and Justifiability
The decision in OPO v MLA [2014] EWCA Civ 1277 causes confusion to the rule in Wilkinson v Downton. A strong line of authorities indicates that the defendant must either have an actual intention to...... ... OPO from any such detriment-causing information. 15 Fourthly, OPO was ‘computer savvy’, and ... no cause of action based on the tort of misuse of private information on the basis that the ... ...
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Effective Redress of Grievance in Data Protection: An Illusion?
This article questions whether the current data protection legislative framework in the EU to provide effective redress of grievance for those who are affected by a breach of data protection law. I...... ... by public bodies or organisations in the private s ector, the need for public con dence in ... has been use or d isclosure of the information, or the state has failed to put a fra mework in ... a n injunction preventing furt her misuse of private information a nd insofar as ... ...
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Publicity and Image Rights in Scots Law
... ... of Personality (2002); M Madow, “Private ownership of public image: popular culture and ... use therefore relies on images and information about the individual, typically in an exclusive ... of the tort is better encapsulated now as misuse of private information .” 57 57 Para 14 ... ...
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Libel: Its Purpose and Reform
Discussion of libel often fails to define defamation law's purpose and thus properly to assess its value. This article argues that defamation's purpose relates to fundamental human interests in soc...... ... is arguably required by the right to private life under ECHR article 8 and should not count as ... come with the scope of the law on the misuse of private information, but added that ... ...
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Challenges for e-governance: protests from civil society on the protection of privacy in e-government in Korea
This article analyzes the factors that caused recent conflicts between the Korean government and civil society over e-government initiatives and draws implications f...... ... for e-governance.The introduction of information and communication technologies (ICT) into ... institutions that gather and process private information acquire agreat means by which to ... ).19 Considering the insecurity that the misuse of private information causes to individuals, ... ...
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