Privacy and Injunctions - Evidence - Parliament

Press Complaints Commission—Written evidence
profile deaths of several
patients.
26 Possible press interest following
the sudden death of a singer.
27 The deaths of 3 men in
Birmingham killed during the
August riots.
28 PCC alerted to a celebrity
couple concerned about
harassment after the birth of
their child
29 Possible press interest following
death of two women abroad.
30 Possible problems surrounding
publication of photographs of
the children of a celebrity
couple on a newspaper website.
31 Possible press interest following
the death of a man at a football
match.
32 Death of a British man in Kenya;
assumed kidnap of his British
wife.
of PCC services.
Proactive approach to singer’s
solicitors offering information and
explanation of PCC services.
Proactive contact with West
Midlands Police offering help and
including a link to the new
bereavement guidance.
Proactive approach to the couple
explaining the PCC's work in this
area and offering advice if necessary.
Proactive approach to British
Embassy in Turkey offering advice
and information about the PCC
services.
Proactive contact to the couple’s
lawyer and security contact offering
assistance.
Proactive contact to South Wales
Police offering assistance to the
man’s family.
Proactive contact to British Embassy
in Nairobi offering assistance and
link to relevant information.
913
Information passed to
the family; no further
contact
Followed up on 15
August; no further
contact.
No further contact.
No further contact.
Representatives
confirmed that they
were very grateful for
the contact and would
be in touch with any
future problems.
Complaints received
(including from the
relevant Football Club
and from the man’s
family) about
coverage of the death.
No further contact.