Respect for privacy

Overview
Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights states:

":1. Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence.
 * 2. There shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right except. such as is in accordance with the law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security, public safety or the economic well-being of/he country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights or freedoms of others."