Charles Ellson wrote:

On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:15:35 GMT, Chris Tolley
wrote:

Ian Jelf wrote:

In message , Chris Tolley
writes
Human rights legislation may be close to conferring some nearby rights.
This is the problem thought. Such legislation may be in the pipeline
or maybe not (I don't know). But that is important is that it *isn't*
there yet and this is what people believe gives them certain rights
which they do not in fact have.

The legislation is there, but the case law isn't. People have a right to
privacy under human rights law.

Not so simple. AFAIR the right is actually not to have undue
interference to a person's private and family life; this is rather
different from a mere unqualified "right to privacy" as e.g. some
newspapers seem to be applying to offenders found guilty in court.

Agreed. As soon as I sent that statement out into the aether, I knew it
was an inadequate explanation.
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