Czech Republic

Language of privacy

There are several words in Czech that are equivalents of the English word ‘privacy’.

  • Soukromi: probably the closest meaning, used in most legislation
  • Duvernost: intimacy, familiarity (comes from the word ‘duvera’ which means ‘trust’
  • Duverne: in private, in trust
  • Zachovani tajemstvi: literally means ‘keeping secret’
  • Potaji: In secret, secretly
  • Utajeni dat: data privacy, data confidentiality, data security
  • Samota: seclusion, ‘being alone’

Eurobarometer

Interests Expressed by the Public towards genetic databases and biobanks

Haderka, J. F., Human genetic analysis and the protection of personality and privacy : (Genetická analýza a ochrana osobnosti) / J. F. Haderka, Právník, Praha, Roč. 134, č. 10-11 (1995), s. 1131-1134

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