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Legality and Privacy
But was any law actually broken? Fortuny obviously misrepresented himself under false pretenses, which is itself possibly actionable, but the privacy implications beyond that are very interesting. Does emailing someone your personal information act as an implicit waiver of your right to privacy? I'm not a lawyer, but as far as I can tell, no.

If taken to court, he's at risk of two primary civil claims. "Intentional infliction of emotional distress," while notoriously hard to prove in court, is certainly easier here based on his own writings. The second, more relevant claim, is "public disclosure of private facts." This Findlaw article on the Washingtonienne scandal sums it up nicely:

The disclosure must be public. The facts must be private. The plaintiff must be identified. The publication must be "highly offensive." And there must be an "absence of legitimate concern to the public" with respect to the publication.

I agree, what a well written comment... If I was any of those guys who answered the ad I'd be pissed off but I wouldn't be suing, I doubt they'll have much of a case. Unless they had sent there answer to the ad and put a disclaimer with it saying that this must remail private etc... Plus I wouldn't want to draw any more attention to the fact that I'm on that site! Ha! It's pretty funny though!