Privacy today is much debated as an individual's right against real or feared intrusions by the state as exemplified by proposed identity cards and surveillance measures in the United Kingdom. In contrast, invasions of privacy by private individuals or bodies tend to arouse less concern. This book fills the gap by looking at the horizontal application of human rights after Douglas v. Hello, Campbell v. MGN, and Caroline von Hannover v. Germany. It provides a conceptual and theoretical framework and also considers specific particularly-sensitive areas of law relating to privacy protection,...