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  2. Conversion (law) - Wikipedia

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    Damages based on market value, lost dividends and accrual or loss of value, considering lost chance to sell stock at a profit. [182] Property severed from real estate. Damages measured based on market value and interest. [183] Property of no market value or held for personal use. Items such as personal mementos, writings, personal diaries ...

  3. Misuse of private information - Wikipedia

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    Misuse of private information is a new common law tort that English courts recognised in Campbell v MGN Ltd. [1] Arising as a branch of the law relating to breach of confidence, it has been reinforced by Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, supplemented by s. 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998, which obliges public institutions (including the courts) not to act inconsistently with ...

  4. Campbell v MGN Ltd - Wikipedia

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    The claim sought a ruling that the English tort action for breach of confidence, subject to the ECHR provisions upholding the right to private and family life, would require the court to recognise the private nature of the published information and to hold that there was a breach of her privacy.

  5. Privacy laws of the United States - Wikipedia

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    One is the invasion of privacy, a tort based in common law allowing an aggrieved party to bring a lawsuit against an individual who unlawfully intrudes into their private affairs, discloses their private information, publicizes them in a false light, or appropriates their name for personal gain.

  6. Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act - Wikipedia

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    The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) was a law passed by the United States Congress in 1974 and codified as Title 12, Chapter 27 of the United States Code, 12 U.S.C. §§ 2601–2617.

  7. Breach of confidence - Wikipedia

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    The tort of breach of confidence is, in United States law, a common-law tort that protects private information conveyed in confidence. [1] A claim for breach of confidence typically requires the information to be of a confidential nature, which was communicated in confidence and was disclosed to the detriment of the claimant.

  8. Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act of 1968 - Wikipedia

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    A regulated developer is to provide each purchaser with a disclosure document called a Property Report. The Property Report contains relevant information about the subdivision and must be delivered to each purchaser before the signing of the contract or agreement and gives the purchaser at a minimum a 7-day period to cancel the purchase agreement.

  9. Personality rights - Wikipedia

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    (2) intentionally intercepting or using his private communications; (3) appropriating or using his image or voice while he is in private premises; (4) keeping his private life under observation by any means; (5) using his name, image, likeness or voice for a purpose other than the legitimate information of the public;