RPC Privacy Blog
The latest news in privacy law
Access to Documents in Criminal Proceedings – Guardian Challenge Secures Change
The Court of Appeal has ruled that where documents have been placed before a judge and referred to in the course of open proceedings, the default position should be that access should be permitted on the open justice principle. Where … read more
Giggs’ claim for privacy damages is struck out
Ryan Giggs has lost his claim for damages against News Group Newspapers (“NGN”). In a judgment published last week Mr Justice Tugendhat refused to reinstate the footballer’s claim for damages against NGN on the grounds that Giggs had been party to two serious … read more
Strasbourg Rulings on Two Personal Privacy Claims
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights yesterday handed down its much anticipated decisions in the important privacy cases Axel Springer and von Hannover. The decisions are important wins for the media. They confirm that reports of … read more
New Injunction Guidance
We have previously reported on the controversy surrounding the number and effect of privacy injunctions (see links here and here). This controversy led in part to the formation in April 2010 of the Super-Injunction Committee, chaired by the Master of … read more
Privacy in Tweets – the debate continues
Addressing the Westminster Media Forum on the regulation of privacy and online media earlier today Baroness Buscombe, Chairman of the PCC, referred to the PCC’s decision in Baskerville (see a report of that decision here). Faced with some criticism of … read more
No privacy in Tweets
Publicly accessible postings on Twitter and other social media are not private, according to rulings by the Press Complaints Commission. The rulings were made following complaints against two national newspapers: Baskerville v Daily Mail and Baskerville v Independent on Sunday. … read more
