Liberty argued that since its policy broadly defined "claim" as a "civil proceeding" and the class action alleged TCPA violations that caused actual harm in the form of invasions of privacy, among other harms, the entire lawsuit "arises out of" an
invasion of privacy.
Privacy Exclusion Protects Insurer from $60 Million Class Action
Finally, there was a dissent that would have found coverage, reasoning that the statutory language setting forth the elements of a TCPA claim unambiguously does not require any allegation of
invasion of privacy. Consequently, TCPA claims are not per se claims for
invasion of privacy, and congressional intent was irrelevant.
Why the L.A. Lakers lacked coverage for TCPA violations
The second form of common-law
invasion of privacy is publication of private facts.
I see you: Drones, privacy torts and insurance claims
American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., the California Supreme Court held that a journalist's secret video-recording of an employee in a low-walled, open cubicle workspace where conversations could be easily overheard constituted an
invasion of privacy. Legal counsel should advise employers that employees, in all areas of the workplace, may have a reasonable expectation of privacy that they will not be secretly recorded.
6 steps to avoiding liability from video surveillance in the workplace
It's hardly an
invasion of privacy - especially when soldiers could die if they don't.
'Miracle'birth defies belief
As a result, an individual or employee may have a claim against an employer or another individual for "
invasion of privacy" if the individual or employee had a reasonable expectation that the data accessed was private
Digital privacy: ready or not, here it comes
Members of Saudi's Shura Council, or Consultative Assembly, urged the Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, or religious police, to reconsider its decision, which they slammed as an
invasion of privacy. "Installing these cameras is an
invasion of privacy and is most likely to cause many problems," said Member of Parliament Abdul-Rahman al-Anad.
Saudi police want cameras to catch immorality
Sefton council insist the planned policy meets employment law and is necessary because schools cannot operate or "financially sustain persistent failure to attend for work." But horrified union chiefs have branded the proposed rules "an
invasion of privacy" which could make teachers' ailments worse.
Schools get tough on staff sickness
And perhaps that's why not one editor, reporter, or any of the usual crowd of gay conservatives and the like, as far as I can tell, criticized the outing of Ted Haggard as an "
invasion of privacy." In 2006, particularly with regard to someone who'd railed (or, in the case of Foley, voted) against gays, they'd lost that argument.
Goodbye to the closet: back when Mike Signorile first shocked society by outing gay celebs, he insisted he just wanted to normalize the discussion of homosexuality. And, like it or not, he turned out to be right
Barrell's concern is with the 'cultural effects of that repression, the atmosphere of suspicion it created', the politicisation of anything and everything and the
invasion of privacy to which it led.
The Spirit of Despotism: Invasions of Privacy in the 1790s
Critics of the system claim it is an
invasion of privacy, however Avis promises not to store the print permanently and will not use it in any way unless a crime is perpetrated.
Destination News
Invasion of privacy is a concern also arising with the use of radio frequency identification, or RFID tags.
High tech, high risk? Property/casualty insurers look at emerging technologies not for their typical uses, but for hidden abuses--and potential exposures
The plaintiff claimed that defendant's mistaken reference resulted in
invasion of privacy by appropriation and
invasion of privacy by false light.
United States: Image Rights--Neal v. Electronic Arts, Inc., U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12324 (W.D. Mich. 2005)
Internet companies have been held immune from suits for libel,
invasion of privacy, fraud, breach of contract, and housing discrimination.
Are there civil rights in cyberspace? Internet sites can legally post discriminatory, false, or libelous information from users. Is it time to better police the Web?