Projects - Digital security and privacy

Tate's Online Safety Community

New York City

Provides guidance and tips on how every day people can enhance their personal privacy and security, minimizing their digital footprints.

Google Play "Verified" badge for VPN apps

This new badge is designed to highlight apps that prioritize user privacy and safety, help users make more informed choices about the VPN apps they use, and build confidence in the apps they ultimately download.

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Mobile Application Security Assessment (MASA)

For MASA AL2, the lab will test the public version of the app (available in the Play Store) and provide assessment feedback directly to developers, including remediation steps for any flagged issues.

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osobnipodaci.org

Germany (Deutschland)

Poduzeća ti moraju omogućiti pristup tvojim podacima i ispraviti ih ili čak izbrisati ako je potrebno. Kao neprofitna udruga, pomažemo ti koristiti ta prava – besplatno i bez registracije.

Datenanfragen.de

Germany (Deutschland)

Nutze Dein Recht auf Datenschutz.

datarequests.org

Germany (Deutschland)

Companies have to give you access to your data and correct or even delete them if necessary. As a non-profit association, we help you use those rights – free of charge and registration, of course.

demandetesdonnees.fr

Germany (Deutschland)

Les entreprises doivent vous donner accès à vos données et les corriger, voire les supprimer si nécessaire. En tant qu'association à but non lucratif, nous vous aidons à exercer ces droits - gratuitement et sans inscription, bien sûr.

Tweasel

Germany (Deutschland)

Building infrastructure for detecting and complaining about tracking and privacy violations in mobile apps on Android and iOS.

solicituddedatos.es

Germany (Deutschland)

Las empresas tienen que darte acceso a tus datos y corregirlos o incluso eliminarlos si es necesario. Como una organización sin fines de lucro, te ayudamos a ejercer esos derechos – gratis y sin necesidad de registrarte.

pedidodedados.org

Germany (Deutschland)

Você tem direito à privacidade !

San José Data Usage Protocols & Public Comment initiative

San Jose, California, USA

Public Comment period for emerging place-based tech deployed in San José

gegevensaanvragen.nl

Germany (Deutschland)

U heeft het recht op privacy!

Cape

Washington, DC

Cape is the only mobile carrier built with privacy and security at its core.

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Olumide Babalola LP

Nigeria

Nigeria's Foremost Data Protection Attorneys

Migration and Technology Monitor

With a focus on migration, technology, and human rights, we actively interrogate tech experiments on people crossing borders.

Irídia

Barcelona, Spain

A Irídia defensem els drets civils i polítics. Denunciem la violència institucional i promovem canvis en les polítiques públiques. Actua!

eQualitie

Canada

eQualitie is a Canadian digital security organisation focused on the development and distribution of free, open-source software, services and security training to civil society, NGO's, investigative journalists and independent media to protect and promote human rights and press freedom online

Trustworthy Digital Infrastructure for Identity Systems

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Enhancing the privacy and security of national digital identity systems

Technology & Racial Justice Collaborative (TRJC)

New York City

Law enforcement agencies are increasingly using surveillance tools, predictive technologies, and automated decision-making systems that impose a disproportionate burden on communities historically impacted by systemic bias.

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دليل الأمن الرقمي للنشطاء في الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا (Digital Security Guide for Activists in the Middle East and North Africa)

Middle East and North Africa

قامت أكساس ناو بإعداد دليل الأمن الرقمي بهدف تقديم الدعم للأشخاص في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا الذين يسعون لحماية أنفسهم من التهديدات الرقمية والبقاء آمنين على الإنترنت. (Access Now has created this Digital Security Guide to support people in the MENA region who are looking to protect themselves from digital threats and stay safe online.)

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Surveillance Watch

Surveillance Watch is an interactive map that documents the hidden connections within the opaque surveillance industry.

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Privacidad es seguridad

Lima, Peru

En los últimos quince años, los peruanos hemos renunciado a muchos aspectos de nuestra privacidad en nombre de la seguridad. ¿Ha valido la pena?

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Digital security and privacy

¿Quién vigila a los vigilantes?

Lima, Peru

Este proyecto nace con la intención de ser una campaña de sensibilización para proteger el derecho a la protesta y denunciar la persecución policial en espacios digitales.

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Elecciones, datos personales y tecnologías

Lima, Peru

Tanto los organismos del sistema electoral como las organizaciones políticas utilizan nuestros datos al momento de realizar un proceso electoral.

¿Quién Defiende Tus Datos?

Lima, Peru

¿Cómo protegen las empresas de telecomunicaciones nuestra información cuando el Estado toca la puerta?

TrustCon

TrustCon is the global conference dedicated to trust and safety professionals who are responsible for the challenging work of keeping our platforms and communities safe.

Cloudflare AI blocker

Blocks lots of AI scrapers at once

Stanford Internet Observatory Trust & Safety Research Conference

The conference brings together trust and safety researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, civil society, and government.

Delete Nothing

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Delete Nothing aims to document technology-related gender-based violence in Sri Lanka, particularly but not limited to the experiences of girls, women, and queer and trans people in Sri Lanka.

Digital Wellbeing Initiative

Colombo, Sri Lanka

The Digital Wellbeing Initiative in Sri Lanka is a project that collaborates with youth, technology professionals, artists, and policymakers to equip the next generation with the skills and knowledge needed to navigate the digital landscape with skill and intellect and find a balance between the promise of technology and their personal well-being.

Privacy Stack

Massachusetts

An open source starter app that comes with user accounts that include: data access, do not sell, data deletion, undo sign up, and other features.

When 'doing ethics' meets public procurement of smart city technology – an Amsterdam case study

Amsterdam

[A] multi-stakeholder co-design project – including a citizen panel – is an integral part of the process in which the service is designed and realized

Surveillance Defense for Campus Protests

The recent wave of protests calling for peace in Palestine have been met with unwarranted and aggressive suppression from law enforcement, universities, and other bad actors. It’s clear that the changing role of surveillance on college campuses exacerbates the dangers faced by all of the…

Recommended Actions for Online Platforms to Improve Human Rights Defender Protection

Washington, DC

Sets out best practices and actions online platforms can take to implement more robust support for Human Rights Defenders under threat

Snowflake

Bypass censorship by disguising web traffic. A feature in Tor Browser, Onion Browser, and Orbot.

The Citizens’ Biometrics Council

Bringing together 50 members of the UK public to deliberate on the use of biometrics technologies like facial recognition.

Open Terms Archive

France

Open Terms Archive publicly records every version of the terms of digital services to enable democratic oversight.

SHARE MONITORING

Serbia (Srbija)

Monitoring digital rights violations and online violations in Serbia.

Next Generation Internet (NGI)

Brussels

The Next Generation Internet (NGI) is a European Commission (EC) initiative that aims to shape the development and evolution of the Internet into an Internet of Trust.

Mapping Humanitarian Tech

Exposing protection gaps in digital transformation programmes

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Signal

State-of-the-art end-to-end encryption (powered by the open source Signal Protocol) keeps your conversations secure.

Trust and accountability patterns in digital government: data usage trackers

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

In a new series of blogs, Richard Pope looks at concrete examples of digital transparency, accountability and recourse from around the world.

FreedomBox Foundation

New York City

FreedomBox is a private server system that empowers regular people to host their own internet services, like a VPN, a personal website, file sharing, encrypted messengers, a VoIP server, a metasearch engine, and much more.

Digital Society of Africa

Digital Society of Africa (DSA) works to strengthen the resilience and ability of frontline activists; human rights defenders and other at-risk groups in the region to independently recognize and respond to digital threats and attacks.