Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Despite a federal law protecting the privacy of health care information possessed by health care providers and health plans, the law does not cover health information in school records, employment, files, or financial records. Courts allow an employer to inspect employees’ e-mail, including personal messages, and to listen to their telephone conversations.
2. In the only two false light cases the U.S. Supreme Court has decided, it said all plaintiffs must prove actual malice. Some lower courts also require all false light plaintiffs to prove actual malice. Others require only public officials and public figures to prove actual malice.
3. A right of publicity cannot survive a person’s death.
4. Generally speaking, courts are applying the transformative use test to affirm First Amendment rights in lawsuits that involve movies, video games, and television.


1. True
2. True
3. False
4. True

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