THE LEGAL MEASURES FOR PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY IN CASE OF UNSOLICITED ADVERTISEMENT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA : A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE US, UK AND THAI LAWS
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May 29, 2019
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Unsolicited advertisement Right to privacy Spam Social media
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Apart from using media websites as medium of personal communication by individuals, business entities also use social media websites as a tool for advertising their products and services. Such advertising which comprises of several form including text, images and graphic can directly reach to an individual, especially a consumer
who uses Smartphone. However, such advertisement can lead to the invasion of privacy for the recipient who does not consent to receive such advertisement. Hence, this research aims to study the application of related Thai law to the case of violation of privacy by initiating advertisement through social network websites without consent or “unsolicited advertisement”. Thus, this research is qualitative and information is collected by analysis of documents. The comparative analysis of Thai laws and US laws is applied as part of content analysis. The findings of this research indicate that there are no specific laws in recent Thai legal system to protect the right of privacy in case of unsolicited advertisement through social network websites. By contrast,
there are related specific laws in the US which can be applied to protect the privacy from unsolicited advertisement. Although there are currently various laws which can be applied to protect such right, this research indicates that the problems of content, element, and scope of such laws make them inappropriate to be applied to protect the right to privacy in case of unsolicited advertisement. Consequently, this research proposes suggestions such as enacting a specific laws and amending the existing laws in order to protect the right of privacy in case of unsolicited advertisement through social network websites.
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Thongraweewong, K. (2019). THE LEGAL MEASURES FOR PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY IN CASE OF UNSOLICITED ADVERTISEMENT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA : A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE US, UK AND THAI LAWS. Southeast Bangkok Journal (Humanities and Social Sciences), 3(2), 91–108. retrieved from https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/SB_Journal/article/view/191539
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Donnelly, Jack. (1982). Human rights and human dignity. The American Law Review, 76(2), 303-316.
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Gavison, Ruth. (1980). Privacy and the limits of law. The Yale Law Journal, 89(3), 421-471.
Hatcher, Jordan S., and Edwards, Lilian. (2009). Consumer privacy law 2: Data collection, Profiling and targeting. In Lillian Edwards and Charlotte Waelde (Eds.), Law and the Internet. North America: Hart publishing.
Hendricks, Evan., Hayden, T., and Novick, J. D. (1990). Your right to privacy: A basic guide to legal rights in an information society. US: Southern Illinois University Press.
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Samoriski, H. (1999). Unsolicited commercial e-mail, The internet and the first amendment: Another free speech showdown in cyberspace?. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 43(4), 670-689.
Simon, Marc. (2004). The can-spam act of 2003: Is congressional regulation of unsolicited commercial e-mail constitutional. Journal of High Technology Law, 4(85), 85-115.
Sorkin, David. (1997). Unsolicited commercial e-mail and the telephone consumer protection act of 1991. Buffalo Law Review, (45), 1001-1032.
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Wacks, Raymond. (1989). Personal information: Privacy and the law. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Wall, David S. (2005). Digital realism and the governance of spam as cybercrime. European Journalon Criminal Policy and Research, 10(4), 309-335.
Wallace, Ryan P., Lusthaus, Adam M., and Kim, Jong Hwan. (2005). Computer crimes. American Criminal Law Review, 42(2), 223-276.
Wong, Katherine L. (2007). The future of spam litigation after omega world travel v. mummagraphics. Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, 20(2), 459-476.
