A local liquor store posts the checks of customers that are returned from the bank. The store manager says the public display of the checks is a good way to deter other bad-check writers. The display of the checks is: a. an invasion of privacy. b. defamation. c. protected by a qualified privilege. d. none of the above

Option A; AN INVASION OF PRIVACY.

Explanation:

Invasion of privacy is the unjustifiable intrusion into the personal life of another without consent. It is used to describe a circumstance where an individual or organization knowingly intrudes upon a person.

An invasion of privacy is considered to be a tort.

The four most common types of invasion of privacy torts are:

Appropriation of Name or Likeness

Intrusion Upon Seclusion

False Light

Public Disclosure of Private Facts

The display of the checks of customers is a public disclosure of private fact of the customers, therefore, it is AN INVASION OF PRIVACY.

a. an invasion of privacy

Explanation: displaying returned checks of customers from the bank constitutes an invasion of privacy. Invasion of privacy as a wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages. It is defined as an intrusion upon your reasonable expectation to be left alone; the intrusion into the personal life of another person, without just cause, which can give the person whose privacy has been violated, upon his or her solitude or seclusion, a right to bring a lawsuit for damages against the person or entity that violated such privacies.

c is the correct answer.