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Torts
Resource 7 . 3 . 1
16 minutes

McCormick v. England, 328 S.C. 627 (S.C. 1997)

Kathleen,
Mary R Ziegler,
Molly Flash

            Breach of confidence is the newest of the privacy torts, most commonly applied in a medical setting. Why might jurisdictions have been more reluctant to recognize such a claim? Some scholars see untapped potential in a breach of confidence claim outside the medical setting—for example, in cases involving revenge porn. Consider how this proposal might work in reading the next case.

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