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17 Sep

What journalists need to know about newsgathering and the individual’s right to privacy

<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>

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17 Jun

Truth, sexy issues and audiotape: How a wayward recorder impacts privacy law

The 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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15 Jan

Undercover blues

FeatureAfter going incognito for her Maid for a Month series, Jan Wong faces a deceit and invasion of privacy suit. So, asks Carolyn Morris in this feature in the Ryerson […]

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8 Oct

Beware the right to privacy

Commentary By Dean Jobb The remarkable series of articles in The Globe and Mail drew readers into the gritty, minimum-wage world of Toronto’s working poor. Reporter Jan Wong went undercover […]

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6 Apr

Landmark British privacy ruling stands

NewsBritain’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 […]

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26 Dec

Quebec courts reject businessman’s privacy claim

NewsThe 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 […]

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21 Dec

Celebrities and Canadian privacy law

CommentaryDo 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 […]

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21 Dec

Quebec’s privacy law restricts publication of photos

AnalysisQuebec 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.

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21 Dec

Privacy law primer

AnalysisVancouver lawyer Daniel Burnett reviews the law in four provinces with statutes that protect personal privacy.

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13 Dec

Privacy laws could jeopardize iconic photos in future

The 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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