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This 24 page paper analyses the ways in which the courts have interpreted Article 8 and Article 10 of the ECHR 1998, with specific reference to the media's dissemination of personal information and the potential breaches of the Act by doing so. The paper looks at the position before and after the introduction of the Human Rights Act with specific attention on deformation of character. The bibliography cites 15 sources.
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File: TS14_TEprvmedia.rtf
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RIGHTS ACT 4 3. ARTICLES 8 AND 10 8 3.1 Article 8 9 3.2 Article 10 10 4 DEFORMATION 11 5. CONCLUSION 24 1. Introduction There are some
rights which are seen as basic and present in any fair developed society. These may be general referred to as human rights. These are rights that a population may take
for granted. These rights may or may not find their way into the law books. The assumption is that it is a basic or moral way to behave and so
basic to society that the legislation does not need to encompass such rights. However, where this occurs there can be gaps and
omissions which lead to difficulty when there is an assertion to exercise what is seen as a right. One area that has only recently received direct protection under UK
law is the right to privacy. Prior to the Human Rights Act 1998 (the Act) there was not direct reference to this right, even though it was assumed at all
levels. This is seen in social behaviour, those who would gossip breaching a confidence between neighbours or kiss and tell to the newspapers are often looked down on. Not
because they have broken a law but due tot he way in which they are breaking what is seen as a confidence and a asocial construct. Not all confidences and
private issues are expected to remain that way, but there is an internal judgment to the content of any information before it is told to a third party or used
in general conversation (Haralambos and Holborn, 2000). This is a decision that is made without little conscious consideration and judgments of others
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