AQA A-Level Law 7162
The Nature of Law
The European Union and English Law
Legal Personnel and the Judiciary
Access to Justice and Funding
Parliamentary Law Making
Delegated Legislation
Statutory Interpretation
Judicial Precedent
Law Reform
The Civil Courts and Dispute Resolution
The Criminal Courts and Sentencing
Lay People: Magistrates and Juries
Criminal Law: Rules and Theory
General Elements of Liability
Fatal Offences Against the Person
Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person
Property Offences
Preliminary Offences
Criminal Defences
Tort: Rules and Theory
Negligence
Occupiers' Liability
Nuisance and Rylands v Fletcher
Vicarious Liability
Tort: Defences and Remedies
Contract: Rules and TheoryContract
Formation of a ContractContract
Contract TermsContract
Vitiating FactorsContract
Discharge of a ContractContract
Contract: RemediesContract
Human Rights: Rules and TheoryHuman rights
Human Rights in International and UK LawHuman rights
The European Convention ArticlesHuman rights
Restrictions and EnforcementHuman rights
Reform of Human Rights LawHuman rights
Human Rights and English Law
Privacy in English Law
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Overview
Recall questions on how English law protects privacy through the Computer Misuse Act, data protection and interception offences, the torts of misuse of private information and breach of confidence, and the statutes governing lawful surveillance.
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
What does Article 8 ECHR guarantee?
Model answer
Respect for private and family life, home and correspondence.
- 2
Name a criminal law provision protecting privacy under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
Model answer
Offences relating to unauthorised access to computer material or unauthorised modification of computer material.
- 3
How does the Data Protection Act protect privacy through criminal law?
Model answer
By creating offences for unlawful obtaining, disclosing or selling of personal data.
- 4
What criminal offences relate to interception of communications?
Model answer
Offences prohibiting the unlawful interception of communications without proper authorisation.
- 5
Name the two main civil law provisions protecting privacy.
Model answer
The tort of misuse of private information and breach of confidence.
- 6
What is the tort of misuse of private information?
Model answer
A civil wrong allowing individuals to claim damages where their private information has been misused.
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