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Netflix Faces Invasion of Privacy Suit for Outing Fertility Doctor’s Secret Children in ‘Our Father’ Documentary
Netflix is accused of revealing that three women were the secret children of an Indiana fertility doctor, without their permission.
Judge Richard Posner defined such information in a 1993 case as “intimate physical details the publicizing of which would be not merely embarrassing and painful but deeply shocking to the average person subjected to such exposure.” The judge wrote that Netflix failed to blur the women’s names “despite knowing that Plaintiffs wished to remain anonymous and recognizing the harm that the disclosure of their identities might cause.” She cited Netflix’s internal communications and marketing materials, which described the story as “super creepy,” “chilling,” “nightmarish” and a case where “real life feels exactly like a horror movie.”
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