New dimensions privacy law

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
1 New dimensions in privacy: Communications technologies, media practices and law......Page 13
Introduction......Page 23
Balancing privacy and freedom of speech\rin public disclosure cases......Page 28
Privacy in support of free speech......Page 35
Confidentiality of communications......Page 36
Possession of pornographic material......Page 38
Anonymity and restriction on caller and connected line identification......Page 39
Protection against spams and cold calling......Page 41
Conclusion......Page 42
3 Revisiting the American action for public disclosure of private facts......Page 44
What’s wrong with the public disclosure tort?......Page 47
Dignity and the libel tort......Page 52
A liberty-based approach to privacy......Page 56
Nexus test......Page 67
Public controversy/duty to notify requirements......Page 68
Revised action for intentional infliction of emotional distress......Page 69
Conclusion......Page 70
Introduction......Page 72
Definition of ‘personal data’......Page 77
Categories of data......Page 80
Consent as a basis for the legitimacy of processing......Page 82
The proportionality of the data......Page 86
Trans-border data flows......Page 87
Towards the recognition of new rights......Page 90
The principle of encryption and reversible anonymity......Page 91
The principle of reciprocal benefits......Page 92
The principle of encouraging technological approaches compatible with\ror improving the situation of data subjects......Page 95
Users’ right to full control of terminal equipment......Page 97
Privacy, the internet and consumer rights......Page 99
Conclusions......Page 101
Introduction......Page 103
Making the Framework – APEC’s opaque process......Page 105
The privacy principles initiative......Page 106
Bases for Criticism......Page 109
Scope of the principles (Part II)......Page 111
Principle I Preventing harm......Page 112
Principle III Collection limitation......Page 113
Principle V Choice......Page 114
Principle IX (a) Accountability......Page 115
Openness......Page 116
Data export limitations......Page 117
Public register principles......Page 118
Conclusions – a new low standard for IPPs......Page 119
The aim of the Framework – a floor not a ceiling?......Page 120
APEC Part IV’s implementation provisions......Page 121
Data export obligations and limitations – OECD and EU approaches......Page 122
APEC’s missing ‘cross-border elements’......Page 123
The effect on APEC countries with no information privacy laws......Page 125
The global implications......Page 126
Conclusions – a Janus-faced initiative?......Page 127
Application......Page 128
II. Notice......Page 129
VII. Security Safeguards......Page 130
IX. Accountability......Page 131
Introduction......Page 133
Digital rights management......Page 135
Copyright and DRM......Page 137
Privacy and DRM......Page 145
Continental traditions of privacy protection......Page 146
Common law traditions of privacy protection......Page 148
Application of the two privacy traditions to DRM......Page 152
Collection and processing of identifying information......Page 153
Electronic surveillance......Page 156
Self-enforcement mechanisms......Page 160
Copyright, privacy and DRM......Page 162
Conclusion......Page 164
7 Why there will never be an English common law privacy tort......Page 166
Towards Naomi......Page 168
The seven stumbling blocks......Page 173
Principles of breach of confidence......Page 174
Limits on application of breach of confidence to privacy concerns......Page 175
Naomi Campbell v. Mirror Group Newspapers......Page 178
Two: the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998......Page 180
Three: the dominance of freedom of speech......Page 181
Four: the impact of the Data Protection Act 1998......Page 185
Five: media self-regulation......Page 186
Six: incoherence of the concept of privacy......Page 187
‘Private facts’......Page 190
Putting the record straight......Page 192
Seven: Judicial Preference for Legislation......Page 193
Conclusion......Page 194
Introduction......Page 196
Campbell and breach of confidence......Page 199
‘Circumstances importing an obligation of confidence’......Page 200
What kinds of personal information can be protected under\rthe doctrine of confidence?......Page 204
The finding and reasoning in Von Hannover......Page 214
Von Hannover vs Campbell on the scope of private life:\rcan the decisions be reconciled?......Page 218
Privacy and press freedom: the difficult balancing act required......Page 224
How should the balancing act be carried out: methodology......Page 225
What types of reportage contribute to ‘a debate of general interest’ and\rthus fall within the legitimate role of the press in a democracy?......Page 231
Conclusion......Page 239
9 Privacy and constitutions......Page 241
Powers of search and seizure......Page 244
The giving of publicity to private life......Page 249
State criminalisation of private acts......Page 254
Legal method......Page 258
Introduction......Page 262
Prince Albert v. Strange: a case study in celebrity privacy......Page 263
Breach of trust and confidence......Page 264
Violation of property right......Page 265
Passing off......Page 268
Invasion of privacy......Page 271
How little has changed......Page 275
Bibliography......Page 282
Index......Page 298
Index of Laws and Directives......Page 302
Index of Case References......Page 305