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Privacy and WAGS

March 2, 2010 – 7:49 pm

I have to say that I never really understood where the acronym WAG came from – I had to look it up on Wikipedia, and I found that it originated as a descriptor of the Wives And Girlfriends of the 2006 English World Cup soccer club. Anyway, I’ve noted that our press has started referring [...]

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Social networking technology and employers

August 18, 2009 – 3:43 pm

Deckard: Replicants are like any other machine. They’re either a benefit or a hazard. If they’re a benefit, it’s not my problem.
Bladerunner, 1982
Very much the same thing could be said about social networking technology as about replicants. The technology can have both positive and negative ramifications.
A few times over the last week, I’ve read articles [...]

By Legal Eagle | Posted in Free Speech, Internet, Law, Media, Personal liberty, Popular culture, Public Policy, Society | Also tagged , , , | Comments (34)

Anonymous no more…

June 18, 2009 – 9:02 pm

I can’t believe there is a case called The Author of A Blog v Times Newspapers Limited [2009] EWHC 1358 (QB). But there is.
“The Author of A Blog” cited as the claimant was the pseudonymous author of a blog known as “Night Jack”. He was a police officer whose blog provided an inside view of [...]

By Legal Eagle | Posted in Blogging, England, Internet, Law, Media, Privacy, Society, Technology | Also tagged , , , | Comments (27)

A tort of invasion of privacy for Australia?

March 17, 2009 – 11:48 pm

I only started properly paying attention to the ‘Pauline Hanson pictures’ scandal after reading Iain Hall’s post on whether or not the pictures do actually depict Hanson. I should add that I’m linking to Iain’s post in large part because he’s been careful to crop the image and do a proper analysis ‘for the purposes [...]

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