True or false: the police can open private letters and listen to phone calls whenever they want.
Sources: 1 link, read on 21 October 2026.
Spanish Constitution, article 18 (BOE, consolidated text), read on 21 October 2026.
Answer: False. Article 18 protects the secrecy of communications. Article 18 allows an exception to the secrecy of communications by judicial decision (resolución judicial).
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Constitution · article 18.3
The question in Spanish
Verdadero o falso: la policía puede abrir cartas privadas y escuchar llamadas telefónicas cuando quiera.
The options
- ATrueVerdadero
- BFalseFalsoCorrect
What the Constitution says
«3. Se garantiza el secreto de las comunicaciones y, en especial, de las postales, telegráficas y telefónicas, salvo resolución judicial.»
Spanish Constitution of 1978, article 18 (paragraph 3, consolidated text at the BOE), read on 21 October 2026. The quotation is in Spanish, as the BOE prints it; the English wording of the answer is ours. Laws carry no copyright (Ley de Propiedad Intelectual, art. 13), so we quote the text as it stands.
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