a form of nonverbal communication or body language in which messages are conveyed from one person to another by the changing space that separates them during a conversation.

Specifically, we have four levels of personal space:

• Intimate – 0 to 10 inches – Reserved for close friends and family.
• Personal – 18 inches to 4 feet – For friends and informal conversation.
• Social – 4 to 12 feet – An area for formal conversation and business transactions.
• Public – beyond 12 feet.

Contact/low contact nonverbal communication Proximity is communicated, for instance, through the use of space, distance, touching, and body position. The use of space, the physical distance between people, and the options for touch are closely related and culture specific.

The term “personal space” generally refers to the physical distance between two people in a social, family, or work environment. Think of your personal space as the air between your body and an invisible shield, or bubble, you have formed around yourself for any relationship.

Under Title VII, employees are expected to put up with a significant amount of unwelcomed behavior in the workplace. Such behavior does not legally become sexual harassment unless if crosses the “hostile and offensive” line.

Whenever we are with other people, we are using personal space boundaries, whether we are conscious of the rules or not. Following the social rules that go along with personal space boundaries allow us to get along in harmonious ways with each other in public. People like their personal bubbles.

The subjects were to assume that they were one of the two figures. The scientists found that residents of Argentina, Peru and Bulgaria stand the closest to strangers, while those from Romania, Hungary and Saudi Arabia want the most space.

The French regard the home as an intimate, personal space which only close friends or family usually have the invitation to see inside. They layout of a typical home can be used to describe the population in general; reserved and quiet on the outside but charming on the inside.

Our personal space protects us from potential aggression, and, ultimately, it helps protect us from stress. G.W. Evans (1979) suggest an important one is potential aggression that may come from others. If we allow other people to get too close to us, an act of aggression can have serious consequences.

Improve Communication by Respecting Personal Zones ^ Awareness of Personal Space (a.k.a. Personal Distance and Proxemics), which is a part of your Body Language, will make your communication receiver or audience more comfortable and thereby better listeners.

She invades your personal space – If a woman deliberately gets into your personal space when there is plenty of room elsewhere it is her way of inviting you to start a conversation. She wants to see if you are someone worth dating so look out for this one.

When someone violates your right to privacy, you have a legal claim. To make that claim, you need to gather evidence of the invasion and notify the defendant to cease and desist his or her behavior. If you want to take the next step and sue, then you should meet with a lawyer, who can advise you on your legal rights.

Prosser identified four privacy torts: Intrusion upon seclusion, public disclosure of private facts, false light and misappropriation of name and likeness. Today, in California there are also several common law privacy torts partially codified in the Civil Code.

Penalties Invasion of privacy is a misdemeanor that is punishable by up to six months in jail and a fine of $1,000 for first time offenders. For someone’s second or subsequent violation of California Penal Code Section 647(j) PC, the defendant can be sentenced to up to a year in jail and a $2,000 fine.

Invasion of privacy is the considered the intrusion upon, or revelation of, something private. One who intentionally intrudes, physically or otherwise, upon the solitude or seclusion of another or his/her private affairs or concerns, is subject to liability to the other for invasion of privacy.

Criminal invasion of privacy is a California misdemeanor (as opposed to a felony or an infraction). The crime is punishable by: imprisonment in county jail for up to six months, and/or. a maximum fine of $1,000.