Invasion of Privacy Law
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Invasion of Privacy Law
The UAE and other countries
Amal Mohammed Ahmed
201015075
A doctor who uses medical reports without permission and posts them on a website, a neighbor who eavesdrops to a private conversation and causes harm, a competition which reveals the winners addresses, phone numbers, or private information on a radio show, all of these scenarios listed violate a person’s right of privacy because the violation was deliberately done. Privacy law is a regulation or act that protects a person 's right to be private. (Business Dictionary, 2014) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 12, states:
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honor and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. (Ice land Human Right Centre, 2014)
There are four types of privacy invasions which are:
Intrusion of Solitude
This type of invasion happens when a person intrudes another person’s private life, such as snooping through someone’s private records, or personal conversations, or taking photographs of someone inside their home, or sometimes never-ending phone calls even after being asked to stop. This type of invasion does not include any publications; it merely concentrates on personal intrusion which would mostly harm a person’s emotions which by itself violates the law.
Appropriation of Name or Likeness
Pursuers may prosecute if someone uses their name or likeness without their permission. A good example would be if a company uses a celebrity name or likeness to promote an item. The person’s name or likeness is considered a person’s property. For celebrities it is usually called the “right of publicity.” For example, in March 2003, eight members of the cast of The Sopranos alleged that electronics retailer Best Buy used their images in newspaper ads without
Invasion of Privacy Law
The UAE and other countries
Amal Mohammed Ahmed
201015075
A doctor who uses medical reports without permission and posts them on a website, a neighbor who eavesdrops to a private conversation and causes harm, a competition which reveals the winners addresses, phone numbers, or private information on a radio show, all of these scenarios listed violate a person’s right of privacy because the violation was deliberately done. Privacy law is a regulation or act that protects a person 's right to be private. (Business Dictionary, 2014) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, article 12, states:
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honor and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. (Ice land Human Right Centre, 2014)
There are four types of privacy invasions which are:
Intrusion of Solitude
This type of invasion happens when a person intrudes another person’s private life, such as snooping through someone’s private records, or personal conversations, or taking photographs of someone inside their home, or sometimes never-ending phone calls even after being asked to stop. This type of invasion does not include any publications; it merely concentrates on personal intrusion which would mostly harm a person’s emotions which by itself violates the law.
Appropriation of Name or Likeness
Pursuers may prosecute if someone uses their name or likeness without their permission. A good example would be if a company uses a celebrity name or likeness to promote an item. The person’s name or likeness is considered a person’s property. For celebrities it is usually called the “right of publicity.” For example, in March 2003, eight members of the cast of The Sopranos alleged that electronics retailer Best Buy used their images in newspaper ads without
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