Some time ago I sent an email to someone who I felt was acting recklessly in the way that they ran mushroom picking courses. The email was written in a casual style, since it was private, and expressed concern. That person published large extracts in a newsletter sent out by his company. He said he used to be a journalist and that doing so was legal.
Recently someone working for a charity published the content of a private messenge on a public forum that he runs. The message was sent, and received, on another forum, also run by a charity. The sender threatened legal action unless the recipient removed the offending message from his forum.
So, does anyone know the law on these things? Let's assume that neither communication had a footer along the lines of "The content of this message is private, and shall not be published blah blah blah".
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Legal status of private communications new
Legal status of private communications new
