Hands up those who have a nosy little camera in their mobile phones. More than half, I bet. Not only that but every second citizen is scrambling to get their mug and personal details onto Facebook or YouTube or MySpace or Bebo or any of the burgeoning manifestations of "social networking".
Further, the state and other agencies spy on you every day of the week with countless CCTV cameras in public and not so public places.
And "celebrities", or those who are famous for being famous, have developed a unique capacity to commercialise their images for private gain. In such a world how is it possible to have a "reasonable expectation" of privacy?
Yet both the Australian and NSW Law Reform Commissions are strongly floating the notion of a statutory right of action for "invasion of privacy".
There seems to be a massive disconnect here when most of the population seem positively desperate to have their privacy not only invaded, but also hung out to dry in front of the entire world.
Source - SMH
