Big brother’s big brothers: Tort law and privacy in the Internet age

The Internet is a looming challenge for the protection of privacy in England. Although judges have on numerous occasions paid lip service to a right to this human right,[1] English law does not provide for a general tort to privacy.[2] This essay examines, to what extent the three traditional legal torts (defamation, harassment, and trespass… More Big brother’s big brothers: Tort law and privacy in the Internet age