Protection of Privacy

Paper Summary:

A consideration of the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on the development of tort law for the protection of privacy in the United Kingdom. The writer includes some of the more famous cases of tort law to explain the theory. The paper also compares the status of privacy protection in the UK with other European countries.

Contents
Introduction
Review and Discussion
Background and Overview
Europeanization of the United Kingdom
Freedom of Speech and Privacy in the UK Today
Trends and Initiatives
Implications for Privacy and Free Speech in the UK
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"In 1998, the United Kingdom enacted the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA), which incorporated into UK law the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights. Furthermore, citizens in the United Kingdom enjoy the security of a web of consumer protection laws and regulations, ranging from regulations enacted by the European Union (of which the UK is a member), to directives enacted by the UK, to acts of entities such as the Scottish Parliament. This array of protections may itself pose a problem, though, since the consumer may have difficulty in ascertaining how and under which laws to obtain redress of grievances. In addition, the totality of protections still falls somewhat short of those proposed by the United Nations."

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