Towards a Singular Tort of Privacy: Are the Justifications for Separate Privacy Torts Evaporating?

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Towards a Singular Tort of Privacy: Are the Justifications for Separate Privacy Torts Evaporating?

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Victoria University of Wellington

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Victoria University of Wellington Law Review

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The New Zealand common law has been hesitant to recognise the multifaceted nature of modern privacy invasions. In an attempt to maintain certainty and conceptual clarity, the courts have developed two privacy actions: the tort of wrongful publication of private facts, and the tort of intrusion upon seclusion. These torts protect distinct types of wrongful conduct and different privacy interests, despite sharing almost identical structural requirements. However, the categorisation of privacy a...

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2023-11-21

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Finnemore, Oscar

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https://ojs.victoria.ac.nz/vuwlr/article/view/8459

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