A private and family life
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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 protects your dignity and autonomy (your right to be independent and make your own decisions about your life).
That includes:
- respect for your sexuality
- the right to personal autonomy and physical and psychological integrity (this right means you must not t be physically or psychologically interfered with)
- respect for your private and confidential information, including the storing and sharing of data about you
- the right not to be subject to unlawful state surveillance
- the right to control the spreadi...
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