Exam 6: Privacy

The privacy tort protecting you from others encroaching on your personal space and data is called ___ .

Student Health Center Dr. Louis Stuhls diagnoses student Phil Anderer as having syphilis. This is written into his medical file. Nosy Natalia, a student worker at the health center, discovers this information and posts it on her social media blog, "Nosy's Know-knows" that is widely circulated. Anderer, who normally has a different date every night of the week, now finds it impossible to get anyone to go out. If he sues for this publication of embarrassing private facts, he will likely lose despite his injury, because Nosy can show the truthful nature of her online blog.

U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the constitutional basis for privacy is found in the ___.

The local newspaper took pictures of Hollywood stars at the Academy Awards. In order to increase circulation, the paper runs a photo of a different celebrity each day on page one for a month. One of the stars, Ima Snobb, resents having her picture used by a small local paper just to increase circulation. Based on precedent, Snobb will win an appropriation suit against the newspaper, as the pictures aren't related to current news, and she didn't know she was being photographed.

Whiz-Bang Toy Company makes a lot of products appealing to children from 0-12 years old. It has a website. To interest children in their products, this website has a number of game pages where kids can play all sorts of games involving their favorite toy's characters. As long as the site is free, Whiz-Bang can ask all visitors to the site for personal information or use "cookies" to get it (such as names, and phone numbers, but not social security numbers) without legal obligations.

An invasion of privacy claim where the plaintiff can show the defendant's publication wrongly presented him or her in a manner that's highly offensive to a reasonable person is ____ .

Zones of privacy specified in claims of intrusion typically cover which item below?

Which of the claims below would be classified as a tort under the area of privacy invasion?

The local newspaper got so much positive response about the pictures published of Ima Snobb (in the above scenario) that it receives all sorts of requests for reprints. The paper decides to make available 8 x 10" glossies of the pictures, as well as larger posters for student dorm rooms (oops - residence halls - not supposed to use the "d" word). Since Ima had no expectation of privacy when the pictures were taken, she will not win a suit for invasion of privacy.

What law gave the Federal Trade Commission power to prevent websites from collecting data from those youngsters under the age of 13 without parental permission?

Which landmark ruling below by the Supreme Court confirmed the right of publicity for performers who want to protect their public performance from others using without consent?

Jim Shortz is arrested by local police for drunkenness. Shortz is normally a mild-mannered guy, but went a little wild during break, and even punched a cop. Because it occurs over spring break, none of his friends or professors hears about it until the Anaconda Advocate does a story after classes resume. Shortz would win a suit for publication of embarrassing private facts because the arrest occurred in the past and it harms his reputation to dredge up an old arrest.

Broadcast messages containing information of public interest obtained by illegal wiretap were at the center of which of the following cases?

Publication, identification, falsity and highly offensive content are required to prove a case of ___ .

Ike Arumba runs a singles club in town. Justin Hale is a reporter who goes undercover to do a story about singles clubs, and brings a hidden camera to his first meeting with Arumba, at his home. He agrees to set up Hale with one of his clients, but for safety reasons, the club manager insists they meet at his home. Hale returns next week, again recording the events of the evening with the reporter and his date, Doris Shutt at Arumba's home. Hale then does a story on singles clubs, using the recording of both of them at the house. According to precedent, Hale will not be held liable for invasion of privacy because of the newsworthiness of the story.

The common law tort protecting people from interference with their person, land, and possessions is ____ .

An intentional material misrepresentation of fact the plaintiff relies on to his or her detriment is called ____ .

Which of the following would be an example of false light invasion of privacy?

Which item below is sufficient to hold a reporter liable for public disclosure of private facts?

The right of famous people to control and profit from their persona and public identity without fearing its use by others to their undeserved benefit is called ____ .