Access Now fights for stronger, more effective laws and policies around the world to protect people’s personal information online. Here you will find resources to understand what data protection is, why it matters, and how to protect your information. Whether you are an internet user, lawmaker, or data protection authority, there is something for you.
What is data protection? Why does it matter? What can you do to protect your information?
Our guide will help you develop or update the data protection norms in your country.
Protecting personal data means securing your information online and preventing any unauthorized access. It also means limiting data collection and tracking, which helps protect your identity online and reduce risks of discrimination, online manupilation, and online fraud.
Abuse of data in digital spaces can have very real consequences in our daily lives. Read more here.
Governments all around the world are creating rules on how our personal data is collected, stored, analyzed and otherwise used by companies or government bodies. These rules uphold data protection rights, which empower individuals to make informed choices about what happens to their information, both before and after they share it, and require data collectors to treat people’s personal information with great care.
We advocate for the passage of comprehensive data protection measures all around the world. We raise awareness about the importance of this right and how people can exercise it,provide expert comments and opinions to lawmakers, and support the work of data protection authorities in enforcing this right.
The GDPR — or General Data Protection Regulation — is the European Union data protection law in place since May 2018. The GDPR is considered to be one of the strongest frameworks currently in place to protect personal data and serves as a model for regulation around the world.
Learn more about the GDPR here and how to exercise your rights here.
International coalition urges India to withdraw Draft Telecommunications Bill, and introduce a revised draft that ensures secure communications and end-to-end encrypted platforms.
…27 October 2022
Dictators are using digital tools to repress and suppress democratic dissent, reinforcing digital authoritarianism. Our latest report looks at what’s happening in the EECA region, and how pro-democracy activists are fighting back against digital dictatorship. …
13 October 2022
For the second year in a row, the World Bank is leaving digital identity programs off the agenda for its annual summit. Here’s why we need urgent action to stop further human rights abuse, exclusion, marginalization, and surveillance.…
28 September 2022
En mayo de este año, más de 35 organizaciones de derechos humanos enviamos una carta a Amazon Web Services (AWS) para pedirle que termine su acuerdo para albergar la base de datos de tecnología de reconocimiento avanzado nacional (Homeland Advanced…
21 September 2022
Data flows with trust are critical for realising human rights online. But to be sustainable, they need robust and comprehensive data protection, data security, privacy safeguards, and human rights frameworks that protect people’s information. Data minimisation is key for making this possible. …
8 September 2022
