The deputy principal wanted to
determine whether Copeland was making excessive
use of the college's services. The European Court
ruled in her favor, stating that her personal Internet
usage was deemed to be under the definitions of the
Convention for the Protection of Rights, covered as
"private life." Note that although this case came to
the court in 2007, the monitoring took place in 1999,
prior to the introduction into English and Welsh law of
the Regulatian of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and
the 'telecommunications