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UK: Independent scrutiny of database will not breach privacy rights, High Court says

Posted on January 31, 2012 by pogowasright.org

A trade union has been ordered to let an independent expert examine its computer database to try to identify anonymous users of a forum it operated who allegedly defamed and harassed an airline pilot.

The High Court said its order was both necessary and proportionate and rejected claims made by the Unite union that the scope of the order was intrusive. Unite had claimed that the expert would be invading the privacy of its members by trawling through their “sensitive personal data” to look for the identifying information.

Read more on Out-Law.com.

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