By POPPY ATKINSON GIBSON, LIFESTYLE REPORTER Published: 23:55 BST, 24 September 2025 | Updated: 23:58 BST, 24 September 2025
Bouncing too high on a garden trampoline could amount to illegally snooping on your neighbours.People who catch glimpses over the fence risk breaching privacy laws and their neighbours' human rights, according to a report.The paper by Free Grants for Felons, an online directory of financial assistance for ex-convicts, said: 'Families setting up garden trampolines are being urged to think twice about where they place them and how they are used.'Complaints about peering over fences, filming and noise are rising.' It added: 'A 'harmless bounce' can turn into a dispute, a council visit, or even a day in court, if neighbours feel their privacy has been crossed.'The report continued: 'Article 8 of the Human Rights Act sets the privacy baseline that often guides these decisions.'A Free Grants for Felons spokesman said: 'One careless choice in the garden can spiral into a charge, a court date and a record that sticks.' People who bounce too high on their trampoline and catch glimpses over their neighbour's fence risk breaching privacy laws and their neighbours' human rights (Stock image)
