Privacy Violation Claims: the Legal Grounds
A claim for violation of confidentiality in Georgia is a demand built on several legal institutions, and its basis depends on the concrete circumstances. The general framework is created by personal non-pecuniary rights: a person has the right, through the court and in the manner established by law, to protect their honor, dignity, privacy of personal life, personal inviolability or business reputation from violation. Violation of the privacy of personal life is the central case of this protection — and it is exercised irrespective of the infringer's fault.
Where secret data have been disseminated through mass-information media, the law also provides informational remedies: the denial of injurious statements must likewise occur through the same media, and where a document issued by an organization contains such data, that document must be replaced and interested persons informed of it. In case of a culpable violation the person may demand compensation of damage and compensation of moral harm — independently of the compensation of pecuniary damage.