While Article 8 may include a positive obligation on a member state to adopt measures to secure respect for private life between individuals, the state has a wide margin of appreciation as to what is required particularly where there is a balance between competing interests or Convention rights (see, for example, Evans v UK (2008) 46 EHRR 34 at [75], [77]; and see [81])  As a result, Article 8’s influence had led to the development in domestic law of a new… [read post]

Surveillance and Information Gathering Britain is responding to the threat of terrorism in ways that could well increase global insecurity, argues Jane Duncan for OpenDemocracy. [read post]

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 bit.ly/J9e6ZS (Cat Casey) TREC Document Review Project on Hiatus, Recommind Asked to Withdraw – bit.ly/JN7EE9 (Evan Koblentz) TREC Document Review Project – Recommind Asked to Withdraw – bit.ly/JYDvSs (Sharon Nelson) Twenty Years Jail Time for Deleting Text Messages? [read post]