Which privacy tort involves intrusion upon a person's seclusion?

Which privacy tort involves intrusion upon a person's seclusion?

• A. Picture of Name for Commercial Advantage
• B. False Light
• C. Intrusion Upon a Person's Seclusion
• D. Public Exposure of Private Facts

Answer: (C)

This question tests the privacy tort that protects a person’s reasonable expectation of privacy from unwarranted invasions. Intrusion upon a person’s seclusion involves intentionally intruding into someone’s private space or private affairs in a way that would be highly offensive to a reasonable person. The key idea is the invasion itself—the act of intruding—rather than publishing or distributing information. So actions like spying, eavesdropping, or unauthorized surveillance that invade a private space or confidential matters fall into this category, even if nothing about those intrusions is shared with others. The other privacy torts describe different harms. Public exposure of private facts centers on widely disseminating private information about someone, which would be highly offensive if known publicly. False light involves portraying someone in a misleading or embarrassing way. The tort about using a person’s name or likeness for commercial advantage concerns appropriation or the right of publicity. Each describes a distinct harm, whereas intruding into someone’s seclusion targets the invasion itself.

This question tests the privacy tort that protects a person’s reasonable expectation of privacy from unwarranted invasions. Intrusion upon a person’s seclusion involves intentionally intruding into someone’s private space or private affairs in a way that would be highly offensive to a reasonable person. The key idea is the invasion itself—the act of intruding—rather than publishing or distributing information. So actions like spying, eavesdropping, or unauthorized surveillance that invade a private space or confidential matters fall into this category, even if nothing about those intrusions is shared with others.

The other privacy torts describe different harms. Public exposure of private facts centers on widely disseminating private information about someone, which would be highly offensive if known publicly. False light involves portraying someone in a misleading or embarrassing way. The tort about using a person’s name or likeness for commercial advantage concerns appropriation or the right of publicity. Each describes a distinct harm, whereas intruding into someone’s seclusion targets the invasion itself.