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Aelex

Fundamental Human Rights Enforcement: On Whether Sending Text Messages on Products and Services of a Bank Amounts to an Infringement of the Right to Privacy

On 15th May 2024, the Federal High Court, Lagos Division per Digmba J. delivered the judgment in Suit No: FHC/L/CS/2488/22 – Udegbe Chibuzo Ifeoma v. United Bank for Africa. This is an important judgment on the fundamental right to privacy and the extent to which the rece..

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Bowmans

Tanzania: Privacy rights and image exploitation: An analysis of Tanzanian High Court Case

On 13 October 2023, the Commercial Division of the High Court of the United Republic of Tanzania considered an appeal centred on the right to privacy. Briefly, the Respondents in the appeal - 3 elite Tanzanian athletes - had filed Civil Case No 15 of 2021 in the Arusha Di..

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Templars

Right to Be Forgotten: TEMPLARS Successfully Defends Google

26 October 2021, a High Court (HC) sitting in Lagos, in a landmark judgment, dismissed a claim for the enforcement of the right to the erasure of personal data, privacy rights and other fundamental rights against Google LLC.

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