What are the three categories of Tort Law?

Tort Law on Cyberspace

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The privacy right is “the right to be let alone”—the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men. 

-U.S. Supreme Court Justice LOUIS BRANDEIS

OPENING SCENARIO AND OVERVIEW

Erin Andrews became aware in July 2009 that she had been surreptitiously videotaped without her knowledge or consent by a stalker while staying in various hotel rooms across the country to perform her job as an ESPN reporter. After national media coverage, Michael David Barrett pleaded guilty to videotaping Andrews in the nude through peepholes in hotel rooms and posting those videos on the Internet. Barrett was sentenced to 2-1/2 years in prison for stalking Andrews. Andrews subsequently filed civil lawsuits in Tennessee and Illinois against various hotels saying they negligently helped Barrett rent rooms next to her without her permission and failed to catch him creating peepholes. “I’ve filed this lawsuit to hold accountable those who put my personal safety at risk and who allowed my privacy to be invaded while I was a guest at their hotel, as well as for actually stalking me and making my most personal moments public,” Andrews said in a statement.

In the civil complaint filed in Illinois, Andrews alleged that Barrett called the defendant hotels seeking to determine if Andrews had made reservations to stay there.3 Not only did the hotels confirm that Andrews was intending to register as a guest, but they also released, without Andrews’ consent, her room number. The hotels then provided Barrett a hotel room immediately adjacent to hers. Barrett subsequently checked in to the room next to Andrews, modified the peephole device in Andrews’ hotel room door, and filmed Andrews through the altered peephole while she was getting dressed and without her consent or knowledge. Barrett ultimately disseminated these videos of Andrews over the Internet. Andrews alleged that the actions of the hotel defendants directly facilitated Barrett’s conduct.

Andrews’s suit claims a variety of torts including negligence, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and invasion of privacy against the hotel entities. The suit also claims intentional infliction of emotional distress against Barrett. Andrews asked for damages in excess of $1 million from the hotels, saying they negligently helped a stalker rent rooms next to her without her permission and failed to catch him creating peepholes.

The incident involving Andrews shows the potential tort liability for tortious conduct relating to the Internet.

Chapter 8: Please answer the following questions

Question 1: What are the three categories of Tort Law?

Question 2. What are the four types of invasion of privacy? 

Question 3: What are the possible economic torts available to individuals and companies for injuries sustained in the online environment?

Please submit two hundred words per question.  Please explain what each category of Tort Law is and give an example of each. Please explain what the four types of invastion of privacy are and give examples of each.