Privacy Torts

Question 1

4 Privacy Torts

Answer 1

π: personal right (not assignable, ends at death)
No damages requirement (just act + cause)

Commercial Appropriation
Intrusion on Seclusion
False Light
Disclosure of Private Facts

Question 2

Commercial Appropriation

Answer 2

∆ used π’s name/image for commercial advantage

Question 3

Intrusion on Seclusion

Answer 3

∆ intruded on π’s affairs/seclusion in way that would be highly offensive to a reasonable person

No publication requirement, but requires true expectation of privacy

Question 4

False Light

Answer 4

Widespread dissemination of material falsehood re π that would be highly offensive to a reasonable person

Public Interest = Malice Requirement

Question 5

Disclosure of Private Facts

Answer 5

Widespread dissemination of truly confidential re π that would be highly offensive to a reasonable person

Question 6

Privacy Torts - Defenses

Answer 6

Consent, Abs. and Qual. Priv

Not truth