Article 8 Flashcards
1
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Which four interests are protected by Article 8?
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Private life
Family life
Home
Correspondence
2
Q
Case in which searching a lawyer’s office to try and identify a suspect breached Article 8
A
Niemietz v Germany (1992)
3
Q
UK case in which intercepting someone’s phone calls at work was held to breach Article 8, if not done in accordance with law
A
Halford v UK (1997)
4
Q
Case which holds that health data, DNA details and medical records are all included as “private life” for Article 8 ECHR
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MS v Sweden (1999)
5
Q
Case that shows that employers can only monitor their employees’ emails if they’ve informed them of this in advance, and employee understands the consequences of not complying with policies
A
Barbulescu v Romania (2017)
