Can I Sue for Invasion of Privacy for a Student Pretending to Take Photos at School?
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Video Voyeur Prevention Act states that it applies to an image ‘broadcast’, meaning to electronically transmit a visual image with the intent that it be viewed by a person or persons.
Invasion of privacy is the intrusion into the personal life of another, without just cause, which can give the person whose privacy has been invaded a right to bring a lawsuit for damages against the person or entity that intruded. It encompasses workplace monitoring, Internet privacy, data collection, and other means of disseminating private information. A non-public individual has a right to privacy from: a) intrusion on one's solitude or into one's private affairs; b) public disclosure of embarrassing private information; c) publicity which puts him/her in a false light to the public; d) appropriation of one's name or picture for personal or commercial advantage.
Please see:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s108-1301
