Does a right of privacy attach to a matter that has been publicly released?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Wasser v. San Diego Union, 191 Cal.App.3d 1455, 236 Cal.Rptr. 772 (Cal. App. 1987):
"It is, of course, axiomatic that no right of privacy attaches to a matter of general interest that has already been publicly released in a periodical or in a newspaper of local or regional circulation (Sperry Rand Corporation v. Hill (1st Cir.1966) 356 F.2d 181, 185 [23 A.L.R.3d 853] )." (Id. at p. 1048, 201 Cal.Rptr. 665.)
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