Inforrm’s Blog discusses a case where the court may have been too lenient in granting anonymity in a case stemming from a commercial contractual dispute: On 14 December 2010 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of Pink Floyd Music Limited v EMI Records ([2010] EWCA Civ 1429) – a contractual dispute concerning…
Category: Non-U.S.
Europe tells Britain to justify itself over fingerprinting children in schools
Bruno Waterfield reports: The European Commission has demanded Britain justifies the widespread and routine fingerprinting of children in schools because of “significant concerns” that the policy breaks EU privacy laws. The commissioner is also concerned that parents are not allowed legal redress after one man was told he could not challenge the compulsory fingerprinting, without…
NZ: Google agrees to protect privacy better
The Privacy Commissioner announced today that she has concluded her investigation into Google’s collection of WiFi information during its Street View filming. Google has apologised to New Zealanders and has taken some major steps to improve its privacy standards from now on. While it was conducting its Street View filming, Google also collected certain other…
Opinion: “Defamation and False Privacy”
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…