A person's "right to privacy," "right of privacy," "privacy," or "personal privacy," as these terms are used in this chapter, is invaded or violated only if disclosure of information about the person: (1) Would be highly offensive to a reasonable person, and (2) is not of legitimate concern to the public. The provisions of this chapter dealing with the right to privacy in certain public records do not create any right of privacy beyond those rights that are specified in this chapter as express exemptions from the public's right to inspect, examine, or copy public records.
RCW 42.56.050
Invasion of privacy, when.
Applied in 32 court decisions — leading case O'NEILL v. City of Shoreline (2010)
Most recently applied in 15 Wash. App. 2d 689 - Annemarie Catlett v. Robert Lee Teel (December 2020)
1987 c 403 s 2
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