The High Court has dismissed a breach of privacy and defamation case taken by the partner of David Agnew and her baby son. Ruth Hickey, 36, had sued the Sunday World over the publication of photographs of her and Mr Agnew after they registered their son’s birth in 2006. The president of the High Court…
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NZ: Privacy body eyes online fakes
Adam Bennett reports: Authorities are investigating whether New Zealand should follow California’s lead and make it a criminal offence to impersonate others including politicians on the internet, notably via Twitter and Facebook. California has passed legislation making it a crime to “harm, intimidate, threaten or defraud” through the internet or other electronic means. The offence…
Speeches: “The English Law of Privacy: An Evolving Human Right” – Lord Walker
Hugh Tomlinson QC writes: On 25 August 2010 Supreme Court Justice Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe gave a speech to Anglo-Australasian Lawyers Society at Owen Dixon Chambers, Melbourne on the subject of privacy. His title was “The English Law of Privacy: An Evolving Human Right“. The lecture contains an interesting an useful overview of the current…
French Appeals Court Rejects Geolocation-Based Evidence in Employee Privacy Case
On September 14, 2010, a French Appeals Court in Dijon (the “Court”) upheld a decision against an employer that had terminated an employee who not only used a company car for personal reasons, but also committed serious traffic violations while using the vehicle. The Court rejected evidence collected using a Global Positioning System (“GPS”) device…