press rank #46 · ~$1,500/mo

Can you live unwatched in Italy?

Cash culture bumping against anti-evasion reporting rules and heavy bureaucracy.

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The privacy scorecard

State surveillance4/5
Facial recognition3/5
No national ID2/5
Data-protection law5/5
Encryption4/5
VPN freedom5/5
Democracy4/5
Free expression4/5
Cash still works4/5
Financial privacy2/5
Crypto freedom4/5
Easy to stay3/5
Off-grid living5/5
7 cameras / 1,000 people press rank #46 ~$1,500/mo national average

Childhood vaccines: compulsory by law10 in total

The 2017 Lorenzin law took Italy from four compulsory vaccinations to ten, after a measles outbreak.

If you skip them: Fines of 100 to 500 euros, and no nursery or kindergarten place under the age of six.

Exemptions: Medical only, certified by a doctor. There is no religious or philosophical exemption.

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

Crypto capital gains are taxed

26% flat tax on capital gains above a small threshold.

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

184 real places in Italy

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

Rome

~$1,950/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

Milan

~$2,050/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

Naples

~$1,650/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

Turin

~$1,750/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

Palermo

~$1,650/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

Genoa

~$1,900/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

Bologna

~$2,000/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

Florence

~$1,850/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

Bari

~$1,800/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

Catania

~$1,550/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

Verona

~$1,800/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

Venice

~$1,850/mo! facial recognition present₿ crypto 2/5

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