Commentary
Some of the latest thoughts on privacy
Here's what our guest writers and some of our own people have to say on how the privacy debate is shaping up:
Did you hear the one about the Englishman, the Scotsman, the Irishman…and Facebook’s privacy policy? (26 May 2011)
Gordon Hector, Consultant at Fishburn Hedges, tackles the privacy issues facing Facebook + read more
Expectations of privacy (5 May 2011)
Baroness Buscombe, chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, outlines some of the knotty considerations and fine judgements which affect our fair expectations of privacy from the media + read more
Privacy injunctions: why we are seeing more of them and why they are needed (5 May 2011)
Geraldine Proudler, head of reputation management at leading lawyers Olswang, argues that it is wrong to claim that the rise of injunctions is the symptom of draconian privacy laws with no democratic mandate + read more
Don’t pick fights with people who buy ink by the barrel (5 May 2011)
Jason Nisse, from Fishburn Hedges, argues that the media’s characterisation of the injunctions debate as an issue of press freedom ignores the commercial self interest of the media in being able to operate in an unfettered way + read more
Off the Record: Wide-ranging implications of proposed changes to the libel laws (17 March 2011)
Chris Hutchings, media litigation partner at Hamlins, reviews the long-awaited draft Defamation Bill that is under consultation until June 2011 + read more
Privacy – not to get in the way of a bargain (8 February 2011)
Ayesha Bharmal reflects on the different attitudes people have to sharing their personal information following one of our consumer focus groups + read more
Off the Record: Data protection and the digital age (31 January 2011)
Lord McNally, Minister of State for Justice, outlines the Government’s position on this sensitive issue + read more
Is anything sacred anymore? (12 January 2011)
Anna Haslam reviews the recurring themes in the privacy debate that ran through 2010 + read more