Hugh Tomlinson QC writes: It is now well established in English law that a claim for misuse of private information can be brought in relation to information which purports to be private information about the claimant, whether or not the information is true. French privacy law has long recognised the actionability of such publications – for…
Category: Court
Evolution of Privacy Breach Litigation?
Sasha Romanosky writes: In addition to empirical work on data breaches and breach disclosure laws, I’ve also become very interested in data breach litigation. While plaintiffs have seen very little success with legal actions brought against companies that suffer data breaches, I still believe there is some very interesting empirical work that can be done…
False Facebook Profile – French court awards damages
A French Court has awarded €1,500 privacy damages against a person who created a false Facebook profile of a French actor and comedian. On 24 November 2010, the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris gave judgment in the case of Omar S v Alexandre P. The applicant was Omar Sy a well known television actor and comedian….
Garry Gross dies; involved in famous Brook Shields privacy lawsuit
It was a troubling privacy case at the time. A mother had signed consent for a photographer to take nude photos of her 10-year old daughter for a Playboy layout. Garry Gross was the photographer. The child was Brooke Shields. The Associated Press tells the story for those who do not remember it or weren’t…