<p><em>This is the second part of a weekly four-part series on legal issues young journalists should be cognizant about as they embark on their careers. Read <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/what-j-students-need-know-about-protecting-anonymous-sources">part 1 on anonymous sources</a>. </em></p><p><strong>By Thomas Rose, J-Source law editor</strong></p><p>Privacy is one of those issues that are especially tricky for journalists looking to balance the rights of the individual with the needs of the greater public interest.</p>
READ MOREThe court battle to make Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt’s unguarded comments public suggests how far a journalist can go to get a story without breaching privacy law, writes Dean […]
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READ MORENewsBritain’s House of Lords has refused to review a landmark ruling that has been criticized for protecting privacy at the expense of free expression — and could restrict how journalists […]
READ MORENewsThe Montreal Gazette and two other Quebec media outlets won access in December 2006 to the financial information of a businessman at the centre of a major lawsuit. The Gazette‘s […]
READ MORECommentaryDo Canada’s privacy laws prevent the unauthorized use of celebrities’ names and images? The law is unclear, but lawyer and journalist Mitchell Flagg argues in this commentary that Canada’s courts […]
READ MOREAnalysisQuebec has some of the strongest privacy laws in the western world. CBC lawyer Marie-Philippe Bouchard examines two court rulings that punished Quebec media outlets for publishing photographs of individuals.
READ MOREAnalysisVancouver lawyer Daniel Burnett reviews the law in four provinces with statutes that protect personal privacy.
READ MOREThe iconic photographs that help define history could be under threat from a new British privacy law, a media lawyer warns. Full report.
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