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A court in Edinburgh will decide on Thursday whether an environmental activist can sue Donald Trump’s golf resort near Aberdeen for breach of privacy and damages after she was apparently filmed without her consent on the course. A court in Edinburgh is to decide whether an environmental activist can sue Donald Trump’s golf resort near Aberdeen for breach of privacy and damages after she was apparently filmed without her consent on the course.
Trump International Golf Course Scotland, which is wholly owned by the US president-elect, is expected to fiercely contest the action at Edinburgh sheriff court. Trump International Golf Course Scotland, which is wholly owned by the US president-elect, is expected to fiercely contest the action at Edinburgh sheriff court on Thursday.
A lawyer acting for Rohan Beyts, a long-time critic of the environmental and community impact of the resort, has accused Trump’s staff of breaching the Data Protection Act by taking mobile phone footage of her in April as she allegedly urinated behind a dune on the course.A lawyer acting for Rohan Beyts, a long-time critic of the environmental and community impact of the resort, has accused Trump’s staff of breaching the Data Protection Act by taking mobile phone footage of her in April as she allegedly urinated behind a dune on the course.
The Guardian revealed in August that TIGC had breached the UK’s strict laws on data protection and privacy after it failed to register with the information commissioner’s office, despite operating an extensive CCTV system and handling data on thousands of golfers, guests, staff and suppliers. The resort insisted this was due to a clerical error. The Guardian revealed in August that TIGC had breached the UK’s strict laws on data protection and privacy after it failed to register with the information commissioner’s office (ICO), despite operating an extensive CCTV system and handling data on thousands of golfers, guests, staff and suppliers. The resort insisted this was due to a clerical error.
The case results from an incident when Beyts and a friend used a public footpath across the Trump course to reach the sand dunes and beach that border the golf links. The case results from an incident when Beyts, 62, and a friend used a public footpath across the Trump course to reach the sand dunes and beach that border the golf links.
As they returned from their walk, Beyts says she was challenged by resort staff and then photographed by a local newspaper photographer.As they returned from their walk, Beyts says she was challenged by resort staff and then photographed by a local newspaper photographer.
Three days later 62-year-old Beyts was visited at home by two police officers who formally charged her with public annoyance. A third officer in charge of the complaint told her that two members of Trump’s staff and a guest on the course had filmed her on their mobile phones as she ducked out of sight. Three days later Beyts was visited at home by two police officers who formally charged her with public annoyance. A third officer in charge of the complaint told her that two members of Trump’s staff and a guest on the course had filmed her on their mobile phones as she ducked out of sight.
Beyts’ lawyer, Mike Dailly, the principal solicitor at Govan Law Centre in Glasgow, told the Guardian: “This is a straightforward claim for invasion of privacy, on the basis that the golf course has admitted that they weren’t registered with the ICO [information commissioner’s office].” Beyts’s lawyer, Mike Dailly, the principal solicitor at Govan Law Centre in Glasgow, told the Guardian: “This is a straightforward claim for invasion of privacy, on the basis that the golf course has admitted that they weren’t registered with the ICO.”
Dailly has written twice to TIGCS advising it that Beyts is seeking £3,000 damages for breach of privacy and for being “deeply distressed” by being filmed. Dailly has written twice to TIGCS advising it that Beyts is seeking £3,000 damages for breach of privacy and for being “deeply distressed” at being filmed.
Her prosecution raised fresh concerns among local activists that Trump’s staff were deliberately targeting his critics and monitoring their movements on the resort.Her prosecution raised fresh concerns among local activists that Trump’s staff were deliberately targeting his critics and monitoring their movements on the resort.