Legal Question in Personal Injury in California
Personal privacy
Hypothetically, if a group eavesdrops on a person's private conversations, personal phone calls, personal e-mails and home Internet use without that person's consent; and then uses that information to harass that person in public, would there be grounds for a civil suit? This is not to provide national security or to protect lives or to monitor workplace use of the Internet; it's just an arbitrary invasion of personal privacy. Would there be any legal recourse to someone who was subjected to that kind of treatment?
4 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Personal privacy
Yes. One could obtain an injunction against future such violations. If it resulted in substantial monetary damages and or serious emotional distress it would be actionable as a tort for damages.
Re: Personal privacy
If there truly is harassment, there is a cause of action no matter how the people got the information. It sounds as though you are complaining of some one your live with. Make the computer secure so no one but you can get on it, use the phone in an area you can not be over head, etc. tell the people to stop doing it.
Re: Personal privacy
There would be causes of action for invasion of privacy, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. Your damages may be hard to quantify.
Re: Personal privacy
I agree with my learned colleagues.
From your brief statement, I would agree it sounds like a roommate, but what actual damages are they? You need more than bad behavior by a roommate.
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