📰 Media & Journalism Jun 30, 2026 · Alice Brooker

Court sets precedent on source protection in Westgaph-Mill Media case

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Court sets precedent on source protection in Westgaph-Mill Media case
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A data protection claim brought against Mill Media has been dismissed by a County Court judge in what is thought to be the first court test of the journalism exemption in relation to a Subject Access Request for personal data.



The exemption, which allows journalists to process personal data in the public interest, was relied upon by Mill Media to protect confidential sources from disclosure in a case brought by TV historian Laurence Westgaph.



The case ruling, which left Mill Media incurrin

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