Sign the 13 Principles
The Principles are a bedrock for privacy in the digital age. By adding you or your organization, you can show your support for the clear, universal protection for private digital communications.
To join as a organization or expert, email the steering committee.
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Sign the 13 PrinciplesTable of contents
Experts, Academics & Prominent Individuals
Elected Officials & Political Parties
Organizations
Africa
Arab States
Argentina
- AGEIA Densi
- Articultores
- Asociación Civil por la Igualdad y la Justicia - ACIJ
- Asociación de Abogados de Buenos Aires
- Asociación por los Derechos Civiles - ADC
- Casa de Derechos de Quilmes
- Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión y Acceso a la Información - CELE
- Foro Ciudadano de Participación por la Justicia y los Derechos Humanos - FOCO
- Foro de Periodismo Argentino - FOPEA
- Fundación Vía Libre
- HABEASDAT
Asia & Pacific
Australia
- Australia Privacy Foundation - APF
- Council for Civil Liberties - NSW CCL
- Electronic Frontiers Australia - EFA
- Latitudes - Latin American Research Group Australia
- OZloop
- Privacy Australia
- Zeno
Austria
- ClubComputer.at
- co.systems consulting
- Initiative für Netzfreiheit
- kapper.net
- Piratenpartei Österreichs (Pirate Party of Austria)
- Verein Tunesisches haus i. Österreich
- VIBE!AT
Austria/International
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
- Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication – BNNRC
- Center for Bangladesh Studies
- Voices for Interactive Choice and Empowerment
Belarus
Belgium
- Commission for the Protection of Privacy (CPP)
- Data Protection Institute
- Datapanik.org
- Digital Enlightenment Forum
- Liga voor Mensenrechten vzw
- Pirate Party Belgium
- Ultimate Circle
Brazil
- ACTANTES
- Arte Fora do Museu
- Associação Brasileira de Centros de inclusão Digital – ABCID
- Brazilian Institute for Consumer Defense - IDEC
- Centro de formação profissional Alzira de Aleluia
- Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS) da FGV
- CESAR - Recife Center for Advanced Studies and Systems
- Instituto Baiano de Direito Processual Penal - IBADPP
- Instituto Bem Estar Brasil
- Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Da Informática
- Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade - ITS
- Instituto NUPEF
- Intervozes
- Movimento Mega
- Porto Digital
- TransMediar-Pimentalab [at] Universidade Federal de São Paulo
- University of Campinas - Research Group CTeMe (Knowledge, Technology and Market)
- University of São Paulo’s Research Group on Access to Information Policies (GPoPAI-USP)
Cameroon
Canada
- BC Freedom of Information & Privacy Association (BC FIPA)
- British Columbia Civil Liberties Association - BCCLA
- British Columbia Library Association
- Canadian Association of University Teachers (Association Canadienne des Professeures et Professeurs D’université)
- Canadian Friends Service Committee
- Canadian Unitarians For Social Justice
- Centre for Community Informatics Research, Development and Training
- Citizen Lab
- Digital Mayhem Radio
- International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group
- Internet Society Canada Chapter
- Media@McGill
- Openmedia.ca
- PEN Canada
- Privacy & Access Council of Canada
- Réseau Koumbit
- Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic - CIPPIC
- Surveillance Studies Centre
Catalonia
Central Asia / Azerbaijan
China
Colombia
- AGEIA DENSI Colombia
- Asociación Colombiana de Usuarios de Internet
- Colnodo
- Comisión Colombiana de Juristas
- DeJusticia
- Free Software Group of Cúcuta, Colombia
- Fundación Karisma
- Fundación para la Libertad de Prensa - FLIP
- Grupo de Software Libre de Cúcuta
- Radio Despertar Libertario
- RedPaTodos
Congo
Costa Rica
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Ecuador / Pichincha
Egypt
- Arab Digital Expression Foundation
- Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression – AFTE
- Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
- Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights
- Support for Information Technology Center - SITC
El Salvador
Europe
Finland
France
- AgoraVox
- April
- Centre d’Etaudes Sur Les Conflitas, la Liberté, la Sécurité (CCLS)
- La Quadrature du Net
- Libres-Ailé(e)s
- TMPLAB
- VECAM
Georgia / Tbilisi
Germany
- Aktion Freiheit statt Angst
- Aktionsforum Gesundheitsinformation (afgis) e.V.
- Berlin Forum on Global Politics - BFoGP
- Chaos Computer Club
- Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.
- Deutsche Vereinigung fuer Datenschutz e.V.
- Digital Courage
- Digitale Gesellschaft
- DPV Deutscher Presse Verband - Verband fuer Journalisten
- Fitug e.V.
- Förderverein freie Netzwerke e.V.
- Forum InformatikerInne für Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung e. V. - FIfF
- Freifunk
- German Working Group on Data Retention
- Internet Society German Chapter e.V. (ISOC.DE e.V.)
- Jan Philipp Albrecht MEP
- MOGiS e.V. - A Voice for Victims
- Netzwerk Recherche e.V.
- Pirate Party Germany
- Renewable Freedom Foundation
- Zwiebelfreunde e.V.
Germany, Berlin
Greece
Guatemala
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hong Kong SAR
Iceland
India
- All India Peoples Science Network
- Alternative Law Forum
- Center for Internet & Society India
- Centre for Law and Policy Research India
- Cyber Peace Foundation
- Delhi Science Forum
- Free Software Movement of India
- Hacker’s Den
- IT for Change
- Public Intelligence Project
- Society for Knowledge Commons
- Software Freedom Law Centre
- Swathanthra Malayalam Computing
- The Open Source Shoppe
Indonesia
- Association of Community Internet Center – APWKomitel
- CyberLaw Centre
- ICTWatch - Indonesian ICT Partnership
International
- Access
- Article 19
- Association for Progressive Communications - APC
- Benetech
- Civil Society Information Society Advisory Council - CSISAC
- Consumers International
- DAWN Network
- Digitterra
- Electronic Frontier Foundation - EFF
- Global Voices Advocacy
- Human Rights Data Analysis Group
- Human Rights Watch - HRW
- International Media Support - IMS
- Interzone Inc
- ISOC Board of Trustees
- May First / People Link
- PEN International
- People Who
- Privacy International
- Protection International
- Reporters Without Borders - RSF
- Student Net Alliance
- Surveillance Studies Network
- The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions - IFLA
- ThoughtWorks
- Ushahidi
- Wikimedia Foundation
- WITNESS
- World Association for Christian Communication - WACC
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Italy
- Agorà Digitale
- Electronic Frontiers Italy - ALCEI
- Hermes Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights
- Partito Pirata Italiano
- TagMeNot
- Wikimedia Italia
Jordan
Kazakhstan
- Adil Soz - International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech
- The Library Association of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Kenya
- ICT Consumers Association of Kenya - ICAK
- International Commission of Jurist - Kenya Section
- Kenya Human Rights Commission - KHRC
- Kenya ICT Action Network - KICTANet
- Kenyan Ethical and Legal Issues Network
Korea
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Latin America
- Derechos Digitales
- Fundacion Comunica
- Fundación Sidar - Acceso Universal
- Global Voices Advocacy in Spanish
Latin America and Caribbean
- Alfa-Redi
- Latin American Network of Surveillance, Technology and Society Studies – LAVITS
- Observatorio Latinoamericano Para la Libertad de Expresión - OLA
Lebanon
Liberia
Macedonia
Mali
Malta
Mauritania, Senegal, Tanzania
México
- #YoSoyRed
- Agenda Social y Política para las y los Jóvenes 2011-2021.México.
- Colaborativo México
- Enjambre Digital
- Mozilla México
- Telecápita
- Wikimedia México
Mexico
- ALCONSUMIDOR A.C.
- Comité Cerezo México
- ContingenteMx
- Fundar
- Hackerspace Rancho Electrónico
- Labdoo México
- Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales - R3D
- SonTusDatos.org
- Tecnologías Libres para Innovación y Desarrollo A.C.
México / LATAM
Middle East
Morrocco
Nepal
Netherlands
- Bits of Freedom
- Civil Rights Society Vrijbit
- Foundation No2-ID-nl
- Free Press Unlimited
- Internet Protection Lab
- Privacy First Foundation
New Zealand
Nigeria
Nigeria / Africa
Norway
Norway, Europe
Ontario, Canada
Pacific Islands
Pacific Region
Pakistan
Palestine
- Free Software Foundation Palestine
- Internet Society Palestine
- Palestinian Center for Development & Media Freedoms - MADA
Paraguay
Peru
Perú
Philippines
- Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility - CMF
- Computer Professionals’ Union in the Philippines - CPU
- ISOC - Philippine Chapter
Philippines / Asia Pacific
Poland
- Amnesty International Poland
- Bronisław Geremek Foundation
- Centrum Cyfrowe Projekt: Polska
- Citizens Network Watchdog Poland
- Fundacja Wolnego i Otwartego Oprogramowania
- Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Warsaw - HFHR
- Internet Society Poland
- Panoptykon Foundation
Portugal
- Associação Coolpolitics
- Associação Portuguesa de Bibliotecários, Arquivistas e Documentalistas
- ISOC Portugal
- Projecto MiudosSegurosNa.Net
Puerto Rico
- Clínica de Nuevas Tecnologías, Propiedad Intelectual y Sociedad de la Escuela
- Comisión de Derechos Civiles de Puerto Rico
Québec, Canada
Republic of Moldova
Rhode Island
Romania
- ActiveWatch - - Media Monitoring Agency
- Association for Technology and Internet - APTI
- Partidul Pirat Romania
- Romanian Centre for Investigative Journalism (Centrul Roman pentru Jurnalism de Investigatie)
Russia
Scotland
Serbia
Serbia / Europe
Serbia, Belgrade 11000
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South America / Brazil
South East Asia
South East Europe
South Korea
South Korea
Spain
- Asociación aLabs
- Asociación de Internautas Spain
- Associació Pangea Coordinadora Comunicació per a la Cooperació
- BitValley Asociación Tecnológica
- Guerrilla Translation
- Netavanza
- Pirata España
- Xnet
Sweden
- Föreningen för Digitala Fri- och Rättigheter -DFRI
- Juliagruppen (The Julia Group)
- The New Renaissance Network
Sweden / Europe
Switzerland
- Association for Proper Internet Governance
- Chaos Computer Club Switzerland
- Digitale Gesellschaft Schweiz
- HURIDOCS
- Press Emblem Campaign PEC
- The International Organization for the Security of Electronic Transactions – OISTE
Taiwan
- Chinese Association for Human Rights
- Software Liberty Association of Taiwan
- Taiwan Association for Human Rights
Tanzania
Thailand
Thailand
The Balkans
Togo
- Institute des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication Pour le Developpement - INTIC4DEV
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
- Alternatif Bilişim Derneği (Alternatif Bilişim) - Turkey
- Chamber of Computer Engineers
- Initiative for Freedom of Expression
- Pirate Party of Turkey
Uganda
Uganda / East and Southern Africa
UK Europe
Ukraine
United Kingdom
- Big Brother Watch
- Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom
- Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP)
- English PEN
- EthicsandGenetics
- Foundation for Information Policy Research – FIPR
- Global Partners & Associates
- GreenNet
- Index on Censorship
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting - IWPR
- JUSTICE
- Liberty
- Media Reform Coalition
- Open Knowledge Foundation
- Open Rights Group
- Statewatch
United States
- Aspiration
- Center for Democracy & Technology - CDT
- Center for Digital Democracy
- Center of Media Justice
- Coalition Against Gun Violence, a Santa Barbara County Coalition
- Defending Dissent Foundation
- Electronic Privacy Information Center - EPIC
- Fight for the Future
- Free Network Foundation
- Free Press
- Freedom of the Press Foundation
- Internet Governance Project, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
- Internews
- IP Justice
- Media Action Grassroots Network - MAG-Net
- National Coalition Against Censorship - NCAC
- New York Chapter of the Internet Society
- Open Internet Tools Project - Open ITP
- Open Media and Information Companies Initiative – Open MIC
- PEN American Center
- Privacy Activism
- Seattle Privacy Coalition
- The Communisphere Project
United States / Northern California
United States of America
Uruguay
USA
USA / Massachusetts
USA / North America
Venezuela
- Acción EsLaRed
- Centro Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Sobre Internet (C.L.I.S.I.)
- Espacio Público
Western Balkans
Zimbawe
Experts, Academics & Prominent Individuals
Argentina
- Beatriz Busaniche, Professor, Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires
- Pablo A. Palazzi, Profesor de Derecho Universidad de San Andrés
Australia
Belgium
Canada
- Colin J. Bennett, Department of Political Science, University of Victoria
- Andrew Clement, Professor, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
- Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, University of Ottawa
- David H. Flaherty, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of History and Law, University of Western Ontario. Former Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia
- Evan Light, Assistant Professor of Communication, Glendon College, York University
- Christopher Parsons, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Citizen Lab in the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
- Jon Penney, Research Fellow at the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto.
China
- Yang Cao, Vice Director of Intellectual Property Research Center, Associate Professor of Law, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law
Germany
Denmark
- Rikke Frank Jørgensen, Special Adviser, PhD., Research, The Danish Institute for Human Rights
Egypt
- Rasha A. Abdulla, Ph.D. Associate Professor. Former Chair Journalism and Mass Communication The American University in Cairo
- Nagla Rizk, Professor of Economics; Founding Director, Access to Knowledge for Development Center (A2K4D); School of Business, The American University in Cairo; Faculty Associate, Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Spain
- Gemma Galdon Clavell, Polítiques i tecnologies de seguretat / Security, Technology & Society, Universitat de Barcelona
United Kingdom
- Paul Alexander Bernal, Lecturer in IT, IP and Media Law UEA Law School, University of East Anglia Norwich Research Park
- Caspar Bowden, privacy advocate, formerly chief privacy adviser at Microsoft.
- Dr. Ian Brown, Associate Director of Oxford University’s Cyber Security Centre, and Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute
- Ray Corrigan, Senior Lecturer in Maths, Computing and Technology, Open University
- Simon Davies, Founder Privacy International. Editor The Privacy Surgeon
- Cory Doctorow
- Dr Maria Kutar, Senior Lecturer in Information Systems, Salford Business School, University of Salford
- Professor Charles Raab, Professor of Government, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh
- Professor Peter Sommer, expert in criminal and civil court proceedings where digital evidence has been an issue. Visiting Professor, De Montfort University Cyber Security Centre.
India
- Siva Rama Krishna T, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University College of Engineering Vizianagaram, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada
Iran
Japan
- Andrew A. Adams, Professor of Information Ethics at Meiji University in Tokyo
Morocco
Mexico
Netherlands
- Axel Arnbak, Fellow Berkman Center, Harvard University and Center for Information Technology Policy Princeton. Researcher at Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam.
- Douwe Korff, Professor of International Law, London Metropolitan University since 2002.
New Zealand
Tunisia
- Sami Ben Gharbia | سامي بن غربيّة Founding Director of Global Voices Advocacy Co-founder of the Tunisian award-winning collective blog nawaat.org
- Wafa Ben Hassine, Writer and Human Rights Advocate
United States
- Ali Hasan Abunimah, Palestinian-American journalist who has been described as “the leading American proponent of a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
- Alessandro Acquisti, Associate Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy, Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University, Co-Director, CMU Center for Behavioral Decision Research
- Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law
- Yochai Benkler, Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies, Faculty Co-Director, Berkman Center for Internet and Society
- Danah Boyd, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research and Research Assistant Professor, New York University
- William J. Drake, International Fellow & Lecturer Media Change & Innovation Division, IPMZ University of Zurich, Switzerland
- Julie E. Cohen, Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center.
- Michael Froomkin, Laurie Silvers and Mitchell Rubenstein Distinguished Professor of Law, received an M.Phil. degree from Cambridge University in 1984, and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1987.
- Dan Gillmor, Director of the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Rey Junco, Associate Professor of Library Science at Purdue University
- Rebecca Mackinnon, Co-Founder, Global Voices Online and Author, “Consent of the Networked."
- Neil M. Richards, Professor of Law Washington University, St. Louis
- Bruce Schneier, internationally renowned security technologist
- Jennifer Stisa Granick, Director of Civil Liberties Stanford Center for Internet and Society
- Siva Vaidhyanathan, Chair Department of Media Studies Robertson Professor University of Virginia Department of Media Studies & School of Law
Elected Officials & Political Parties
Canada
Germany
- Cornelia Ernst, Member of the European Parliament, GUE/NGL group
- Dr. Najib Karim, Vice-Chairman of the Freie Demokratische Partei/Free Democratic Party in Hamburg
- Malte Spitz, privacy activist. Member of the Board of the German Green Party, Germany