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Privacy Law

Name: Privacy Law
Author: Konnie G. Kustron

A U.S. Perspective

by Konnie G. Kustron

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Language: English

This book provides learners with information on the constitutional and statutory implications of American privacy law from personal, work, and governmental perspectives.

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What is Privacy?
1. Overview
2. Traditional Definitions
3. Historical Definitions
4. Is Privacy a Legal Right?
5. Sources of Privacy Law
6. U.S. Constitution
7. Case Law
8. Post Griswold vConnecticut
9. Technology and Privacy
10. State Constitutions
11. Key Terms
12. Chapter Discussion Questions
13. Additional Learning Opportunities
14. Test Your Learning
Privacy Torts
1. Overview
2. Common Law Torts
3. Damages
4. Types of Privacy Torts
5. Public versus Private
6. Tort Category One: Intrusion
7. Defenses to Intrusion
8. Tort Category Two: Misappropriation
9. Defenses to Misappropriation
10. Category Three: Public Disclosure of Private Facts
11. Defenses to Public Disclosure of False Facts
12. Category Four: False Light
13. Defenses to False Light
14. Key Terms
15. Chapter Discussion Questions
16. Additional Learning Opportunities
17. Test Your Learning
Privacy at Home
1. Definition of a Home
2. Mapp v. Ohio
3. Curtilage
4. Sample Scenarios
5. The Sky
6. Privacy and Children
7. Privacy and the Internet of Things (IoT)
8. Data Breach Notification
9. Key Terms
10. Chapter Discussion Questions
11. Additional Learning Opportunities
12. Test Your Learning
Privacy Outside the Home
1. Overview
2. Education Privacy
3. Health Care Privacy
4. Financial Privacy
5. Voting Privacy
6. The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
7. Key Terms
8. Chapter Discussion Questions
9. Additional Learning Opportunities
10. Test Your Learning
Privacy at Work
1. Overview
2. The Pre-Employment Process
3. The Employee-Employer Relationship
4. Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)
5. Working at Home and BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)
6. Key Terms
7. Chapter Discussion Questions
8. Additional Learning Opportunities
9. Test Your Learning
Privacy and Government
1. Overview
2. The Privacy Act of 1974
3. U.S.A Patriot Act
4. Traveler Surveillance and Screening
5. WikiLeaks
6. Edward J. Snowden
7. Public Information and the Freedom of Information Act
8. Key Terms
9. Chapter Discussion Questions
10. Additional Learning Opportunities
11. Test Your Learning

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.

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