The recent News of the World phone hacking scandal highlights the failure of the existing regulatory regime to protect "the right to be let alone" in the digital age. This book investigates English privacy protection. It analyses pre- and post- Human Rights Act 1998 case law to find out whether the action of breach of confidence has expanded as it relates to privacy protection. It compares English privacy protection to the French privacy remedy and to Strasbourg decisions. It looks at whether the current law provides sufficient protection; also whether the debate about a separate tort...
The recent News of the World phone hacking scandal highlights the failure of the existing regulatory regime to protect "the right to be let alone" i...
