Caribbean Netherlands, press rank #2 · ~$1,750/mo

Can you live unwatched in Saba?

Surveillance, facial recognition and crypto rules read here for the city itself, not the national average.

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The privacy scorecard

The six marked ° below are read for Saba itself. The rest are set by Caribbean Netherlands’s national law, the same across every city in the country.

State surveillance °4/5
Facial recognition °5/5
No national ID2/5
Data-protection law3/5
Encryption4/5
VPN freedom5/5
Democracy4/5
Free expression5/5
Cash still works4/5
Financial privacy3/5
Crypto freedom °3/5
Easy to stay °3/5
Off-grid living °5/5
press rank #2 (Caribbean Netherlands) ~$1,750/mo, this city safety 4/5 geopolitical stability 5/5

Childhood vaccines: recommended, never required

A long parliamentary fight over childcare refusal has never ended in a mandate. The same law applies here.

If you skip them: Nothing, though a childcare centre may refuse an unvaccinated child.

Exemptions: Not needed.

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.

Does not report your account balances abroad

No extradition treaty with the US

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

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City-level figures where marked °, national law otherwise. Estimates for orientation, not legal advice. Surveillance law changes fast: verify anything you would act on.