Right to Privacy in UK Law
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Irish Sex Offender Laws and the Right to Privacy
This article provides a general overview of sex offender laws in Ireland and their compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights, namely Article 8, the right to privacy. An analysis of...
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Right to Privacy Denied by the House of Lords: R v Khan
In R v Khan (Sultan) the House of Lords had to consider the legality of a conviction based on evidence obtained by means of an electronic listening device attached to a private house without the kn...
- The Right to Privacy of People in or Presumed to be in Same-Sex Relationships in Uganda
- Privacy in Context: The Right to Privacy, and Freedom and Independence of the Media under the Constitution of Ghana
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Global ICT‐ethics: the case of privacy
Purpose: The world wide use of information and communication technology (ICT) is one aspect of globalisation. In the ethical discussion of the implications of ICT the right to privacy is in focus. ...... ... In the ethical discussion of the implications of ICT the right to privacy is in focus.However, ICT-ethics has been developed in a Western context and hence, privacy might be a Westernvalue without relevance in ... ...
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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...... ... for Privacy Law Kirsty Hughes * This article draws upon social interaction theory (the work of Irwin Altman) to dev elop a theory of the right to privacy,which reflects the way that privacy is experienced. This theory states that the right to privacy is a right to respect for barr iers, ... ...
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Private Law Solutions in European Data Protection: Relationship to Privacy, and Waiver of Data Protection Rights
In this article a possibility of a private law approach to data protection is considered. The main thesis of the contribution is that the European legal order allows only a limited scope of contrac...... ... In the piece it is rst proved that in the system of the ECHR data protection interests are treated under the umbrella of Article 8 right to privacy. As a result , the author concludes that Articl e 8 right to privacy does n ot imply a right to waive data p rotection but provides a ... ...
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Electronic Data Interchange, Data Protection and the European Community: Implications for the Banking and Insurance Sectors
Banking and insurance sectors have witnessed an increased use of computers for transferring all types of information. There is no uniformity in the extent to which different Member States of the Eu...... ... States of the European Community (EC) protect a data subject's right to privacy. The EC has sought to harmonise the dis-parate laws while ... ...
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Digital welfare fraud detection and the Dutch SyRI judgment
In 2020, a Dutch court passed judgment in a case about a digital welfare fraud detection system called Systeem Risico Indicatie (SyRI). The court ruled that the SyRI legislation is unlawful because...... ... the SyRI legislation is unlawful because itdoes not comply with the right to privacy under the European Convention of Human Rights. In thisarticle ... ...
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An Invasion of Privacy: The Media's Involvement in Law Enforcement Activities
Thoreau heartily accepted the motto, ‘that government is best which governs least’. Our forefathers braved treacherous oceans and alien lands emboldened by that belief, after enduring the Crown's h...... ... That is why, among the many freedoms embodied in our Constitution, the right to privacy was included in the Fourth Amendment to protect individuals from arbitrary intrusion by the state.2 The right has been fundamental to the ... ...
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