One's private life is rather like an ice cube: once melted, it is gone for ever
2 April 2009
Providing the argument that a privacy law is required, Keith Schilling explains that beneficiaries of this privacy right are not limited to celebrities as some people say but that they include those who find themselves in the news, perhaps the victims of a big accident or crime. He suggests that Google Street View is an example of what is, for many, an unacceptable intrusion into the daily lives of ordinary people. He continues by discussing that the real point of contention is not whether such a right of privacy should exist but how conflicts between freedom of speech and privacy should be resolved.
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One's private life is rather like an ice cube: once melted, it is gone for ever - The Times, 2 April 2009