![A scene from the consumer TV programme ‘Kassensturz’ on the insurers’ central database, 17.9.1984.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/privatsphare-kassensturz-1984-titel-300x225.jpg)
Privacy – a contested fundamental right
The Federal Constitution guarantees the right to privacy. Yet, time and again, this fundamental right has been restricted – in state security, the education system and taxation.
![Letter from Laibach to Bern with censor stamp, 13.8.1915.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/brief-von-laibach-nach-bern-mit-zensurstempeln-1381915-300x197.jpg)
![Kudelski, espionage recorder, Nagra SN recorder, 1973.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/tonbandgerat-nagra-sn-1973-dig-47962-lm-173996-300x225.jpg)
“It’s clear that many people are cheating – despite the obligation to make a truthful declaration.” TV report on the motion by National Councillor Hans Schmid calling for a duty of disclosure for banks in cases of suspected tax evasion, 21.3.1975 (in German). SRF
![Wash day at the Magdalene asylum, Zurich, circa 1900.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/waschtag-im-magdalenenheim-zurich-um-1900-300x234.jpg)
Every person has the right to be protected against the misuse of their personal data.