The High Court ruled that defendants could be prohibited from accessing their facebook accounts, despite this being a violation of their Article 8 rights, because the balance weighed in favour of preserving evidence.
The plaintiff had sent a sexualised photograph of herself to one of the defendants, at a time when they were in a relationship. After the relationship ended, the defendants published the photograph. She asserted that this undermined her independence, her dignity, her right to privacy and was in breach of the Data Protection Act 1998.