- What is Privacy?
- Overview
- Traditional Definitions
- Historical Definitions
- Is Privacy a Legal Right?
- Sources of Privacy Law
- U.S. Constitution
- Case Law
- Post Griswold vConnecticut
- Technology and Privacy
- State Constitutions
- Key Terms
- Chapter Discussion Questions
- Additional Learning Opportunities
- Test Your Learning
- Privacy Torts
- Overview
- Common Law Torts
- Damages
- Types of Privacy Torts
- Public versus Private
- Tort Category One: Intrusion
- Defenses to Intrusion
- Tort Category Two: Misappropriation
- Defenses to Misappropriation
- Category Three: Public Disclosure of Private Facts
- Defenses to Public Disclosure of False Facts
- Category Four: False Light
- Defenses to False Light
- Key Terms
- Chapter Discussion Questions
- Additional Learning Opportunities
- Test Your Learning
- Privacy at Home
- Definition of a Home
- Mapp v. Ohio
- Curtilage
- Sample Scenarios
- The Sky
- Privacy and Children
- Privacy and the Internet of Things (IoT)
- Data Breach Notification
- Key Terms
- Chapter Discussion Questions
- Additional Learning Opportunities
- Test Your Learning
- Privacy Outside the Home
- Overview
- Education Privacy
- Health Care Privacy
- Financial Privacy
- Voting Privacy
- The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
- Key Terms
- Chapter Discussion Questions
- Additional Learning Opportunities
- Test Your Learning
- Privacy at Work
- Overview
- The Pre-Employment Process
- The Employee-Employer Relationship
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)
- Working at Home and BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)
- Key Terms
- Chapter Discussion Questions
- Additional Learning Opportunities
- Test Your Learning
- Privacy and Government
- Overview
- The Privacy Act of 1974
- U.S.A Patriot Act
- Traveler Surveillance and Screening
- WikiLeaks
- Edward J. Snowden
- Public Information and the Freedom of Information Act
- Key Terms
- Chapter Discussion Questions
- Additional Learning Opportunities
- Test Your Learning
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Description
Privacy Law: A U.S. Perspective provides learners with an overview of American privacy law from personal and governmental viewpoints. Key topics include a legal history of privacy, U.S. Constitutional issues, personal privacy concerns in the home, privacy issues in public, employer and employee privacy rights at work, and governmental monitoring (including Wikileaks and the Edward Snowden breaches). A discussion of privacy torts including intrusion, misappropriation, public disclosure of private facts, and false light is also included. Relevant federal statutes and case studies have been provided for key topics. Each chapter provides readers with a self-knowledge review, including a listing of key terms, discussion and review questions, and a practice test with answers.
