PRIVACY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Facts & legal issues involved in the case
Ben has thrown a volatile attack on “The Sun” newspaper over exposure of the family tragedy that hit
their family about 31 years ago. The standout cricketer said that the newspaper report of mother half
brother and sister being murdered for year prior he was born were treated as heartless and immoral.
Stokes condemned the article as the lowermost practice of journalism concentrates only on the chasing
sales. Therefore, he asked the individual to esteem privacy of the family as well as entitlement to the
home life. Stokes also expressed that to utilize his name as the defense to cover private life and privacy
is absolutely an immoral practice. in the response to the act of Sun newspaper, Stokes expressed that
, the decision of the paper to circulate the story would have lifelong and grave consequences for his
mother especially. He alleged that the story which was picked by the mail online also comprise of
several severe inaccuracies. Sun newspapers consider it fit to print that incident that was extremely
sensitive and painful along with that private details about events in the personal lives of his family that
happened 31 years before. Thus, it is hard to observe terms that sufficiently designate such despicable
and low conduct, masked as journalism.
The key legal issue that evolved from the incident of unauthorized publication of Ben Stokes story in Sun
newspaper is it intervene the right to privacy and protection of private information of the individuals 1.
Ben Stokes along with his mother have took legal measures against the Sun publication on the ground of
invasion of privacy after newspaper published last month a front-page story specifying a tragedy
engaging the cricketer family in England.
Key legal principles
It had been argued by the legal practitioners that the story infringes the right to privacy that guaranteed
to the all individual and such family of Ben Stokes also entitle to enjoy that right irrespective of their
profile. Furthermore, it would encounter numerous precedents provide the Sun press on the family of
cricketer was rest on the reports of historical press as well as involved an interview with the associates
of the cricketer family2. The proceedings as the portion of the expansive style of celebrities in addition to
that prominent individuals adopting statutory action as against the outlets of British media were issued
1
Mai, Jens-Erik. "Big data privacy: The datafication of personal information." (2016) The Information
Society 32.3 192-199.
2
Carey, Peter. Data protection: a practical guide to UK and EU law. (Oxford University Press, Inc., 2018).
Facts & legal issues involved in the case
Ben has thrown a volatile attack on “The Sun” newspaper over exposure of the family tragedy that hit
their family about 31 years ago. The standout cricketer said that the newspaper report of mother half
brother and sister being murdered for year prior he was born were treated as heartless and immoral.
Stokes condemned the article as the lowermost practice of journalism concentrates only on the chasing
sales. Therefore, he asked the individual to esteem privacy of the family as well as entitlement to the
home life. Stokes also expressed that to utilize his name as the defense to cover private life and privacy
is absolutely an immoral practice. in the response to the act of Sun newspaper, Stokes expressed that
, the decision of the paper to circulate the story would have lifelong and grave consequences for his
mother especially. He alleged that the story which was picked by the mail online also comprise of
several severe inaccuracies. Sun newspapers consider it fit to print that incident that was extremely
sensitive and painful along with that private details about events in the personal lives of his family that
happened 31 years before. Thus, it is hard to observe terms that sufficiently designate such despicable
and low conduct, masked as journalism.
The key legal issue that evolved from the incident of unauthorized publication of Ben Stokes story in Sun
newspaper is it intervene the right to privacy and protection of private information of the individuals 1.
Ben Stokes along with his mother have took legal measures against the Sun publication on the ground of
invasion of privacy after newspaper published last month a front-page story specifying a tragedy
engaging the cricketer family in England.
Key legal principles
It had been argued by the legal practitioners that the story infringes the right to privacy that guaranteed
to the all individual and such family of Ben Stokes also entitle to enjoy that right irrespective of their
profile. Furthermore, it would encounter numerous precedents provide the Sun press on the family of
cricketer was rest on the reports of historical press as well as involved an interview with the associates
of the cricketer family2. The proceedings as the portion of the expansive style of celebrities in addition to
that prominent individuals adopting statutory action as against the outlets of British media were issued
1
Mai, Jens-Erik. "Big data privacy: The datafication of personal information." (2016) The Information
Society 32.3 192-199.
2
Carey, Peter. Data protection: a practical guide to UK and EU law. (Oxford University Press, Inc., 2018).
