Every person with disabilities has a right to respect for his or her physical and mental integrity on an equal basis with others.

Respect for Privacy

The right to privacy includes:

1. Privacy of information:

   The right of individuals to decide for themselves what information about them should be communicated to others and who those others may be.

   This information includes thoughts, opinions and actions taken when a person should reasonably expect to be acting in private, and personal information such as that related to a person’s health or finances.

2. Privacy of communication:

   Privacy of communication refers to the security of people’s private interactions with others, including letters, telephone conversations, private face-to-face conversations, e-mails, and other forms of communication.

   In other words, neither the State nor private actors have a right to read your correspondence or listen to your private discussions.

3. Personal environment:

   The right to privacy applies to one’s personal environment, primarily meaning where he or she lives, such as their home, and their family or others with whom they live. It can also apply to other personal spaces, such as a person’s car or other personal property.

4. Freedom from attacks on a person’s honour or reputation:

   The right to privacy protects people from personal attacks on their honour or reputation. For example, unless it is true, people do not have the right to claim to others that you have engaged in some socially unacceptable or other behaviour that might be damaging to your reputation.