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The Right to privacy in English law
Dissertation - Droit International - 8 pages - Format Microsoft Word
In English law privacy is the "right to be left alone". This set phrase is quite imprecise, and it is the reason why we prefer this wording, which defines privacy as "the right of the individual to be protected against intrusion into his personal life or affairs, or those of his family, by direct physical means or by publication of information". In both countries, the right to privacy in a public place exists, the "right to one's image" makes it generally unlawful to publish pictures of people without their express consent. What is the situation in English law? We will try to show that, for some years, there has been change between the traditional approach of privacy and the new one.
Plan du document :
1. "It is well known that in English law there is no right to privacy, and accordingly there is no right of action for breach of a person's privacy"
2. "We have reached a point at which it can be said with confidence that the law recognises and will appropriately protect a right of personal privacy"
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