General Article A private and family life

Topic Selected: Protecting Our Privacy Book Volume: 451

Article 8 of the Human Rights Act protects our privacy, our family life, our home and our communications.

It’s been used by families who’ve been unlawfully spied on by councils, won crucial rights for LGBT+ and trans people, and defended our fundamental freedoms in the face of increasingly authoritarian mass surveillance.

It means the State must not interfere with your right to privacy – though this can be limited in certain circumstances.

Your private life

The right to a private life protect...

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