Popular Channel 5 television programme, Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away, has been found to have breached privacy rights after broadcasting a couple's eviction to 9.65 million viewers.The couple have succeeded in their claim against Channel 5 for damages for misuse of private information. This recent decision will most likely be seen by the media industry as an unwelcomed rebalancing of Articles 8 and 10, with the court emphasising the importance of an individual's privacy outweighing their freedom of expression.
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