New York Public Personnel Law: Right to privacy

July 10, 2023

Right to privacy

New York Archives [Archives],* published quarterly by the Archives Partnership Trust, is an educational publication about New York State history as revealed by research in archival records maintained throughout the State of New York.

The Summer 2023 issue of Archives includes an article concerning the decision in Roberson v Rochester Folding Box Company, 171 NY 538, [1902]. Roberson is said to be the genesis of New York States' initial privacy statute, "the earliest of its kind in the nation".

Click HERE to access a variety of postings on "YouTube" addressing the "Right to Privacy" via a link provided in this article published by Archives.

* https://www.nysarchivestrust.org/new-york-archives-magazine

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