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Q. Please read the below paragraph and write your opinion about the paragraph? Also you can ask any questions if you have any. (125 Words)

Fox Sports correspondent Erin Andrews sued Marriot International Inc for invading her privacy when she stayed as a guest in one of their hotels at Nashville in 2008. She claimed that the hotel management was neglectful about the stalker Michael David Barrett. The stalker filmed her through a peephole which he removed in Andrews' room and took a video of her while she was changing her dress and later the video was published over the internet. Her prime reason to sue Marriott apart from Barrett, was because the hotel authorities not only informed Barrett about the room that she was staying but also placed him adjacent to her room. She was seeking a $75 million in damages for the distress that she had to go through over this issue of invading her privacy. Even though many people thought that it was too much to ask for as a claim. The trial which began in 2011 was finally awarded a verdict in the year 2016 where Andrews was awarded $55 million and Barrett was sentenced to two and half years in prison. 

The above-mentioned case is a classic example of tort where the plaintiff Andrews a suffered personal stress and proved that the defendant Marriott International Inc, as well as Barrett, has committed a tort i.e. causing injury either intentionally or negligently to a person. Barrett, in one of the testimonies in 2012 also self-confessed that he recorded 10 other women using a similar peephole technique. According to me, the conclusion of affirmed was provided more from a moral standing rather than on only factual information. Because the privacy invasion creates a big scare amongst people on staying in a private area such as a hotel room, if they find that their privacy will be invaded then no one will be able to stay peacefully. 

Q. Please read the below paragraph and write your opinion about the paragraph? Also you can ask any questions if you have any. (125 Words)

The instance of Erin Andrews is spotlight that uncovers to the world how poor a few organizations, and for this situation inns, underestimates security. A demonstration of peeping and keeping an eye on a neighbor in the following room in a 5-star lodging is some way or another uncommon, and one could wouldn't dare hoping anymore an occurrence to happen whenever. Not exclusively does the inn neglect to keep the office secure by having solid dividers parcel the rooms, however it likewise frightfully flops in keeping client data private. The respondent, Michael David Barrett, had the option to ask from the front counter and in this way got the data with respect to the room that Andrews involved. This suggests the inn had not executed conventions that ensure the data of their clients, and along these lines, the greatest deficiency is on it. 

Then again, it would be sheltered or basic for the lodging to execute a few guidelines that would confine the visitors from undertaking exercises that may mean damage to different visitors. Thusly, Barrett would know about the results that may come to pass for him on the off chance that he continued to lead the appalling demonstration, which is a case of cybercrime. Likewise, the lodging would not have endured such extraordinary outcomes of repaying Andrews $55 million. Regardless of whether there could be a punishment, it could be lower. Presently, if the lodging completely shunned sharing data about the room that Andrews had booked, possibly the demonstrations of taking her bare designs and sharing them online couldn't have occurred. She couldn't bear the psychological torment and the embarrassment she suffered, particularly from the thought that she was well known. It is additionally clear that cyber bullying, or a few demonstrations of cybercrime, effect sly affect people's mental state.