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Breach of privacy legal adviceAbout 2 years ago a challenging case was landed on my desktop. 15 years earlier a young model in had intimate photographs taken by her then boyfriend who later posted them online.

Subsequently the boyfriend agreed to remove all the images and the matter seemed to have been forgotten.  Many years later, the images reappeared on various websites.  The young model was now a primary school teacher and the damage to her personal being and her reputation was immense.

It transpired that the ex-boyfriend had nothing to do with the reappearance of the images. After some investigations the culprit turned out to be a time machine. Yes, a real time machine.

Read about the WayBackMachine that captures websites as part of a mega archive project on defamation lawyer blog.

http://www.defamationsolicitor.co.uk/2012/12/websites-never-die.html

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