“ZXC v Bloomberg LP [2019] EWHC 970 (QB). A businessman has been awarded damages of £25,000 for misuse of private information after media organisation Bloomberg published an article citing confidential information obtained from a UK law enforcement agency which identified the businessman. The judgment follows the precedent set in Richard v BBC, that individuals investigated by law enforcement bodies have a reasonable expectation of privacy as a matter of general principle …” (more)
[Nathan Capone, fieldfisher, 31 May]
First posted 2019-06-02 09:50:01
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