Information on your right to respect for your private life, your family life, your home and your correspondence.

Information on how safe it is to share personal information on social networking sites and what you can do to protect your privacy.

In the UK, human rights are protected by the Human Rights Act 1998. The Act gives effect to the human rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights.

Article 8 - the right to respect for your family and private life, your home and your correspondence is one the rights protected by the Human Rights Act.

Read this page to find out more about what this right means under the Human Rights Act.