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12.

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.


PLAIN LANGUAGE VERSION:
You have the right to ask to be protected if someone tries to harm your good name, enter your house, open your letters, or bother you or your family without a good reason.

Illustrated version

NOTES:
No one has the right to interfere in your private life, with your family, or read your personal mail.
QUESTIONS AND ACTIVITIES


List instances in which you have felt your privacy violated. Does this article cover those instances? If not, why not?

Debate the following: With new technologies, our right to privacy is better protected.
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