article_snippet: Mr Tench added: 'This is the appropriate forum for this case - here in England where the consumers used the internet and where the consumers have a right to privacy.'
article_snippet: The appeal judges unanimously ruled that misuse of private information was a tort - a civil wrong - for the purposes of the rules governing service out of the jurisdiction, enabling legal action to go ahead.
article_snippet: The appeal judges also clarified the law on the meaning of 'damage' in section 13 of the Data Protection Act.
article_snippet: Lord Dyson, Master of the Rolls, and Lady Justice Sharp said in Lord Dyson, Master of the Rolls, and Lady Justice Sharp joint judgment, with which Lord Justice McFarlane agreed: 'On the face of it, Lord Dyson, Master of the Rolls, and Lady Justice Sharp raise serious issues which merit a trial. '
article_snippet: The case relates to the anxiety and distress this intrusion upon autonomy has caused.'
article_snippet: Three judges said Mr Justice Tugendhat, who heard the case in the High Court, was entitled to come to the view that it was 'clearly arguable' that Article 8 (right to private life) of the European Convention on Human Rights was engaged and gave weight to allowing the claims to proceed.