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Invasion of privacy

The right to privacy is the right to control information about yourself in two situations. You have the right to exclude information about yourself and you have the right to be left alone (Business Law, PBS episode aired December 15th).

Tort law gives four categories of invasion of privacy: 1.) public disclosure of private and embarssing facts 2.) intrusion on solitude 3.) false light 4.) appropriation of identity

01-04-2007 01:30:44
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