

PROTECTING OUR DATA
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.
RESOURCES FOR INDIVIDUALS
What is data protection? Why does it matter? What can you do to protect your information?
RESOURCES FOR LAWMAKERS
Our guide will help you develop or update the data protection norms in your country.
Download the Policy Makers’ Guide
MORE RESOURCES
Why does data protection matter?
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.
What is data protection?
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.
What is Access Now’s work on data protection?
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.
What is the EU General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR?
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.


Press Releases
Letter to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission: withdraw the Regulation for Digital, Social Media, and OTT Platforms
Access Now and a coalition of human rights organizations are urging Bangladesh to withdraw the proposed digital, social media, and OTT platforms regulation.…
7 March 2022












Press Releases
Día Internacional de la Protección de Datos Personales: Sociedad civil argentina expresa su preocupación al sector público y exige medidas urgentes
En los últimos años, el sector público argentino se ha convertido en uno de los mayores infractores en lo que respecta al tratamiento de los datos personales de la población. Solo el año pasado, la información de los documentos nacionales…
28 January 2022

Petition
Organizaciones de la sociedad civil solicitan la suspensión del desarrollo e implementación de tecnologías de procesamiento masivo de datos personales en Argentina
Buenos Aires, 28 de enero de 2022 Alberto Fernández, Presidente de la Nación Sergio Tomás Massa, Presidente de la Cámara de Diputados de la Nación Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Presidenta del Senado de la Nación S / D
28 January 2022


Blog
Lo mejor y lo peor para 2022: Leyes de protección de datos a nivel global
Read this article in English | Lee este artículo en inglés No miren hacia arriba. Con filtraciones de datos catastróficas, ataques de spyware que atormentan a las personas con fragmentos de sus propias comunicaciones privadas, la explotación habitual de nuestros…
27 January 2022







Press Releases
U.S. State Department’s new spyware report: a big step forward
Access Now and partners applaud the U.S. Congress for passing legislation that directs the U.S. State Department to develop a list of spyware purveyors to avoid doing business with because of their poor human rights records.…
16 December 2021