Czechia, press rank #17 · 
~$1,450/mo
Can you live unwatched in Karlovy Vary?
Surveillance, facial recognition and crypto rules read here for the city itself, not the national average.
The privacy scorecard
The six marked ° below are read for Karlovy Vary itself. The rest are set by Czechia’s national law, the same across every city in the country.
press rank #17 (Czechia) ~$1,450/mo, this city
safety 5/5
geopolitical stability 5/5
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.
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Find where to live on ArcadiaCity-level figures where marked °, national law otherwise. Estimates for orientation, not legal advice. Surveillance law changes fast: verify anything you would act on.