What are the elements of the tort of public disclosure of private facts?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Barnes v. Pittsburg Unified Sch. Dist., A134679 (Cal. App. 2013):
The elements of the tort of public disclosure of private facts are " ' "(1) public disclosure, (2) of a private fact, (3) which would be offensive and objectionable to the reasonable person, and (4) which is not of legitimate public concern." ' " (Taus v. Loftus (2007) 40 Cal.4th 683, 717.)
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