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Anna Believes That Hugh Has Infringed Her Right to Privacy

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Anna believes that Hugh has infringed her right to privacy.He took a photograph of her sunbathing on a secluded beach,and then published it in a magazine.She has sued him.Which of the following statements is TRUE?


A) Hugh has committed the tort of conversion because he turned Anna's image into a profit-making scheme.
B) Every province and territory in Canada has a privacy statute that would allow Anna to successfully sue Hugh for damages.
C) Hugh has committed the tort of trespass to person.
D) Hugh has committed the tort of false imprisonment if Anna is so embarrassed by the photograph that she refuses to leave her house.
E) If Anna wants to sue Hugh for a tort of invasion of privacy,she probably will have to persuade a court to create a new tort of that name unless the jurisdiction in which the tort took place has a statutory tort of privacy.

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