Why are privacy laws relevant?
Privacy laws seek to protect the processing of personal information. The term processing incorporates any action which touches data during its lifecycle and includes collection, use, disclosure to others, and destruction. Accordingly, the recovery of data to be used in the discovery process falls within its ambit. The term personal information generally means any information that can identify a particular individual. Some additional categories of data have greater privacy value or deal with more sensitive aspects of an individual. Sometimes referred to as sensitive information or special categories, these can include information about an individuals health or medical, religious, racial or political information. Such information is often accorded even greater protection against disclosure. How does the Hague Evidence Convention assist? The 1970 Hague Evidence Convention, an international treaty, sets out a procedure States may adopt for the local use of evidence from foreign jurisdictio
