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Essay / The Pros and Cons of Privacy Invasion - 731
Privacy invasion is a social phenomenon that affects the lives of many people around the world. It was defined by Justice Cooley as the “right to be left alone.” In this case, Jason Watson was engaged to Sofia Rodriguez and their photos were published without their consent by Newsroom Daily. According to clause 18 of the contract, it was clearly mentioned that only What's new? Daily had the right to take and publish photos from the engagement party. They even paid a large sum of money to acquire these rights. Based on Douglas vs. Hello! Ltd, the couple can bring an action for invasion of privacy, breach of trust and breach of the Data Protection Act 1998. It can be argued that due to section 18, these photographs taken are classified as private and confidential information. Disclosure of this information by any third party is unlawful and obligation will be imposed by law. This clause constituted an obvious constraint for Newsroom Daily. However, they violated this clause and managed to take substandard photos despite the tight security that was in force at the time. In doing so, they invaded the privacy of Jason and Sofia and violated section 8 of the Human Rights Act 1998. Section 8 can be defined as follows: "Everyone has the right respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence. “Following this statement, it can be concluded that this article ensures the protection of a person's private and family life. Unlike Article 8, the right to freedom of expression contained in Article 10 states: “Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right includes the freedom to hold opinions and...... middle of the newspaper ......ction Mirror Newspaper for unauthorized disclosure of its treatment. Although photographing people generally does not constitute a breach of trust, but when a person takes appropriate security measures to prevent any leakage of the information, this will make it an occasion of privacy with regard to photography. This was confirmed by the case of Creation Record Ltd v News Group Newspaper. However, Newsroom Daily may appeal to prevent the injunction using the public interest defense. If successful, the injunction will be set aside both at the interlocutory stage and at trial. Newsroom Daily must demonstrate that the public interest disclosure is outweighed by the public interest in its publication. Newsroom Daily must demonstrate what it claims is the positive effect on the public of its ability to publish confidential information.