Translations:Privacy/5/en

The right to privacy for citizens

1. The right to privacy has to protect citizens against possible abuse by the rulers (= large organizations such as states and businesses).
2. The Pirates understand privacy by the right to discretion (= secrecy correspondence, personal data, financial situation), the right to be anonymous and the right to self-determination.
3. Privacy is in accordance with the Pirates a prerequisite for individual freedom. Under the guise of security the state wants to know more and more about its citizens. The Pirates are not willing to give up our privacy for the alleged safety.
4. Confidentiality should never go beyond the protection of the individual and may never harm other individuals. The right to privacy may be violated if there are solid and individual-specific suspicions, and this only by the competent authorities.
5. Anonymity relieves nobody from the responsibility for their actions.