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Can you summarize 16 GACO Chapter 11, Article 3?
Offenses Against Public Order and Safety > Invasions of Privacy
Short Summary
The provided legal document governs invasions of privacy, wiretapping, eavesdropping, surveillance, and related offenses. It applies to individuals, organizations, and agencies. The document defines and proscribes invasions of privacy and provides greater protection to individual privacy rights than the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Street Act of 1968. It recognizes a cause of action for invasion of privacy through wiretapping, irrespective of whether information obtained is published or disclosed. The document is inapplicable to agencies of the United States. It defines various terms related to wiretapping, eavesdropping, surveillance, and related offenses, including ‘device’, ‘pen register’, ’trap and trace device’, and ‘private place’. The document does not mention specific penalties for non-compliance or violation of its provisions.
Whom does it apply to?
Individuals, organizations, and agencies
What does it govern?
Invasions of privacy, wiretapping, eavesdropping, surveillance, and related offenses
What are exemptions?
Inapplicable to agencies of the United States
What are the Penalties?
The document does not mention specific penalties for non-compliance or violation of its provisions.
Jurisdiction
Georgia