Milky Way and Andromeda: Privacy, Confidentiality and Freedom of Expression

This article examines the extent to which the law of confidence protects private personal information. In the UK, much of the impetus for greater protection comes from the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. How privacy and freedom of expression are to be...

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Main Author: WEI, George S. S.
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/880
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/1879/viewcontent/GeorgeWeiSzeShunMilkywaya.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:This article examines the extent to which the law of confidence protects private personal information. In the UK, much of the impetus for greater protection comes from the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. How privacy and freedom of expression are to be balanced either within the law of confidence or through the development of a new tort of privacy is a question that has given rise to much discussion in the courts and elsewhere. Developments in this area are the focus of this article together with the issue as to whether similar developments might take place in Singapore.