Description
Provides in-depth examination of privacy issues relating to the Internet, drugs and alcohol, HIV and DNA testing, ambush journalism, and e-mail and voice mail. The book also contains edited appellate opinions, key statutes, and excerpts from law journals and other scholarly articles and books. Includes ethical, political, and social science perspectives of privacy. The book takes a broad approach to prepare students with the tools and understanding to analyze the prospect for successful prosecution, defense, and evaluation of individual privacy claims.
Features
- Covers federal and state statutory protection for conversations and e-mail
- Describes common-law tort privacy rights
- Examines computer, digital technology, and Internet privacy issues
- Investigates privacy, autonomy, and intimacy
- Looks at privacy protection for personality, identity, and reputation