Privacy Law

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Privacy Law

Introduction

Privacy Law in United Kingdom has been a part of the Tort Law and deals with protection and security of information of an individual. The personal information provided by an individual should be subjected to strict security and protection to avoid any misuse of information. The source and scope of a right of privacy has been the subject of debate in both the scholarly literature and in the courts since the late nineteenth century. Over the years, however, concerns about the collection and dissemination of private information have caused lawmakers and courts to increase efforts to ensure individual privacy1.

It has frequently been asserted to be a central feature of liberal thinking that there should be a distinction between rich and famous arenas of social living. Within this framework, the law has been viewed as a crucial mechanism through which to ensure that the state is not permitted to overreach its influence into the private sphere. While the exact boundaries of what counts as public and as private have been debated and disputed over time, the general claim that there should remain a realm of private existence that is prima facie protected against state/third party intervention has enjoyed considerable support amongst legislators, policymakers and the public alike. However, another common perception has been developed in recent year that the law only protects the rich and famous in the society. In this paper I will be arguing the same concept with the interpretation of legal provisions provide by the Privacy Law.

Privacy Law is for the Protection of Rich And Famous

Identity thieves generally pretend to be real people, create some false accounts, and spend like there's no tomorrow. The rich and famous, on the other hand, already spend that way and are pleased to maintain their true identities. Yet they are increasingly falsifying accounts of their own lives. It's always been a struggle for the wealthy to hide from the prying eyes of everyone, from curiosity seekers to criminals. Now that every transaction is tracked by retailers, government agencies, and banks, to name a few digital data hounds, it's nearly impossible to erase the lurid details of your life. What the wealthy can do is hire security consultants who counteract the truth with waves of false information, stories of homes not purchased, vacation destinations never visited, and cars never leased. Their hope: False information obscures the real stuff2.

In the UK, however, the right to privacy has received most sustained consideration in the context of a number of high-profile breach of confidence cases. At issue in these cases has been the question of whether the publication of sensitive (but truthful) information against the wishes of the person concerned can be seen to be a legal wrong5. Traditionally, the law of confidence required not only that the information in question was 'confidential', but also that the information was secured in circumstances which imposed an obligation on the receiving party to deal with it confidentially and that the receiving party ...