29.49MG v United Kingdom (2002) 5 CCLR 525, ECtHR
Adults who were in local authority care as children are entitled to at least some level of access to their social services records
Facts: MG sought disclosure of his social services records, relating to his time in care as a child but the local authority refused disclosure.
Judgment: The absence of any right of access to his social services records, and no right of appeal to an independent body, during the period before the Data Protection Act 1995 came into force, was in breach of MG’s rights to respect for his private life Article 8 ECHR.