The Basic Law:

The right of privacy is:

• the right of a person to be free from unwarranted publicity,
• the unwarranted appropriation or exploitation of one’s personality,
• the publicizing of one’s private affairs with which the public has no legitimate concern, or
• the wrongful intrusion into one’s private activities in such manner as to outrage or cause mental suffering, shame or humiliation to a person of ordinary sensibilities.

See Hogin v. Cottingham, 533 So. 2d 525 (Ala. 1988).

The right of privacy has two main aspects:

• the general law of privacy, which affords a tort action for damages resulting from an unlawful invasion of privacy; and
• the constitutional right of privacy which protects personal privacy against unlawful governmental invasion.

Invasion of privacy is a tort based in common law allowing an aggrieved party to bring a lawsuit against an individual who unlawfully intrudes into his/her private affairs, discloses his/her private information, publicizes him/her in a false light, or appropriates his/her name for personal gain.

Please know we respect your right to privacy and will not be invasive with our questions about your personal situation on the phone.

We will query only in regards to how our PMA Privacy Services can enhance your ability to live a more peaceful and enriched life.