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Privacy Rights: The Virtue Of Protecting A False Reputation, John A. Humbach
Privacy Rights: The Virtue Of Protecting A False Reputation, John A. Humbach
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
What is the virtue of protecting a false reputation? The thesis of this paper is that there is none. There is none, at least, that justifies the suppression of free speech. Yet, there is a growing trend to see the protection of reputation from truth as a key function of the so-called “right of privacy.”
Unfortunately, people often do things that they are not proud of or do not want others to know about. Often, however, these are precisely the things that others want or need to know. For our own protection, each of us is better off being aware …