Right to the protection of the confidentiality and integrity of information technology systems

The right to the protection of the confidentiality and integrity of information technology systems (also known as the IT basic right) protects against access to information technology systems that allow insights into essential parts of a person's life or contain a meaningful image of the personality. The Federal Constitutional Court recognizes this right as an expression of the general right to personality from Article 2 (1) in conjunction with Article 1 (1) of the Basic Law.