press rank #17 · ~$1,400/mo

Can you live unwatched in Czechia?

Cash-friendly, crypto-friendly, cheap for the EU.

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The privacy scorecard

State surveillance4/5
Facial recognition4/5
No national ID2/5
Data-protection law5/5
Encryption5/5
VPN freedom5/5
Democracy5/5
Free expression5/5
Cash still works5/5
Financial privacy3/5
Crypto freedom5/5
Easy to stay3/5
Off-grid living3/5
8 cameras / 1,000 people press rank #17 ~$1,400/mo national average

Childhood vaccines: compulsory by law9 in total

Czech courts have accepted conscience as a defence in rare cases, which almost no other mandatory country does.

If you skip them: Fines, and no place in a kindergarten or on a school trip.

Exemptions: Medical, and in narrow cases a conscience objection recognised by the courts.

Source: Vaccines 2024;12:1296, European survey

Legal & financial exposure

Facts about the law, not a privacy score: whether each one helps or hurts depends on what you are trying to do.

Reports your account balances abroad (CRS)

Extradition treaty with the US

No ID required to buy a SIM card

4 of 7 signals are unverified for this country: not shown, rather than guessed.

11 real places in Czechia

Facial recognition, Bitcoin friendliness and cost vary by city even inside the same country.

Prague

~$1,750/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 4/5

Brno

~$1,600/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 4/5

Plzeň

~$1,350/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 4/5

Liberec

~$1,400/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 4/5

Olomouc

~$1,400/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 4/5

Hradec Králové

~$1,300/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 4/5

Karlovy Vary

~$1,450/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 4/5

Sumperk

~$1,450/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 4/5

Český Krumlov

~$1,450/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 4/5

Mikulov

~$1,350/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 4/5

Telč

~$1,300/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 4/5

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Country-level estimates for orientation, not legal advice. Surveillance law changes fast: verify anything you would act on.