Personality rights in United States

Personality rights 

Personality rights were not a concept of the common law: however the growth of an information society with instant production, reproduction, and dissemination of writings, images, and sounds has led to the creation of a concept of the rights of the person.

These rights can be understood first as certain of the classic common law torts: defamation; action on the case; and then later the actions for deceit and passing off. More recently, either by decisions of high courts or statute, rights of privacy are also included in the concept of personality rights.

See also: Right to Privacy