Privacy

Privacy

We defend your right to privacy, the cornerstone for human rights in the digital age. Privacy allows us each the freedom to define our own identities, to determine how we relate to each other and the world, to explore and learn without discrimination, and to express ourselves most fully.

Ban Biometric Surveillance

Some surveillance technologies are so dangerous that they inevitably cause far more problems than they solve.

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Kenya-Open-Letter-Socials
Data Protection
Data Protection

Halt human rights abuses: Safaricom and its shareholders must ensure transparency and accountability in Kenya

9 Jul 2025

Access Now, alongside several human rights organisations, is calling on the Vodacom Group, as a major shareholder in Safaricom, to launch an urgent, independent, and publicly accessible assessment into the company’s role in potential human rights violations in relation to the ongoing protests in Kenya. 

Press Release
Halt human rights abuses: Safaricom and its shareholders must ensure transparency and accountability in Kenya
9 Jul 2025
Halt human rights abuses: Safaricom and its shareholders must ensure transparency and accountability in Kenya
CBE Ethiopia
Data Protection
Data Protection

Vodacom must launch an investigation into Safaricom for enabling potential human rights abuses

9 Jul 2025

Vodacom must investigate Safaricom’s role in human rights abuses in Kenya, including data sharing with police and risks to user privacy and safety.

Press Release
Vodacom must launch an investigation into Safaricom for enabling potential human rights abuses
9 Jul 2025
Vodacom must launch an investigation into Safaricom for enabling potential human rights abuses
Sweden
Digital Security
Digital Security

Why client-side scanning on encrypted platforms is a lose-lose proposition 

3 Jul 2025

Regulators worldwide have been pushing client-side scanning (CSS) as a way to examine encrypted communications. But this system still undermines people’s privacy and security by circumventing end-to-end encryption, as we explain.

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Why client-side scanning on encrypted platforms is a lose-lose proposition 
3 Jul 2025
Why client-side scanning on encrypted platforms is a lose-lose proposition 
Privacy
Privacy

High-tech Hajj: More safety but less privacy, spirituality?

4 Jun 2025
News
High-tech Hajj: More safety but less privacy, spirituality?
Deutsche Welle ↗
4 Jun 2025
High-tech Hajj: More safety but less privacy, spirituality?
Regulating digital platforms
Freedom of Expression
Freedom of Expression

Civil society warns of human rights risks in Mexico’s telecom reform

21 May 2025
Press Release
Civil society warns of human rights risks in Mexico’s telecom reform
21 May 2025
Civil society warns of human rights risks in Mexico’s telecom reform
Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ bill
Freedom of Expression
Freedom of Expression

Organizaciones alertan por riesgos a derechos humanos en reforma de telecomunicaciones en México

21 May 2025
Press Release
Organizaciones alertan por riesgos a derechos humanos en reforma de telecomunicaciones en México
21 May 2025
Organizaciones alertan por riesgos a derechos humanos en reforma de telecomunicaciones en México
how social media companies increase risks for LGBTQ+ people in Africa
Digital Security
Digital Security

How Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws entrap people online

15 May 2025

As we mark the IDAHOBIT 2025, we highlight research on Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws and show how they can lead to digital entrapment and human rights violations.

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How Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws entrap people online
15 May 2025
How Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws entrap people online
NSO
Surveillance
Surveillance

NSO to pay $168 million in damages to WhatsApp for Pegasus spyware hacking 

6 May 2025
Press Release
NSO to pay $168 million in damages to WhatsApp for Pegasus spyware hacking 
6 May 2025
NSO to pay $168 million in damages to WhatsApp for Pegasus spyware hacking 
Freedom of expression
Freedom of Expression
Freedom of Expression

Combating digital threats to safeguard press freedom

6 May 2025
Post
Combating digital threats to safeguard press freedom
6 May 2025
Combating digital threats to safeguard press freedom
Digital Security Helpline BG
Digital Security
Digital Security

How U.S. funding cuts expose civil society to digital attacks

9 Apr 2025
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How U.S. funding cuts expose civil society to digital attacks
9 Apr 2025
How U.S. funding cuts expose civil society to digital attacks
Sweden
Privacy
Privacy

Joint letter on Swedish Data Storage and Access to Electronic Information legislation

9 Apr 2025

Swedish authorities must reject legislation that would force companies to undermine the encryption of their services.

Press Release
Joint letter on Swedish Data Storage and Access to Electronic Information legislation
9 Apr 2025
Joint letter on Swedish Data Storage and Access to Electronic Information legislation
AI Action Summit
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence

Kamery na školách porušujú práva detí, sú nebezpečné aj nelegálne, myslia si odborníci

6 Feb 2025
News
Kamery na školách porušujú práva detí, sú nebezpečné aj nelegálne, myslia si odborníci
Aktuality ↗
6 Feb 2025
Kamery na školách porušujú práva detí, sú nebezpečné aj nelegálne, myslia si odborníci
Israel’s Adequacy
Privacy
Privacy

Telecom rules and metadata: how much data do telecom companies collect about users based on internet activity?

14 Jan 2025
News
Telecom rules and metadata: how much data do telecom companies collect about users based on internet activity?
Medianama ↗
14 Jan 2025
Telecom rules and metadata: how much data do telecom companies collect about users based on internet activity?
Privacidad en desplazamiento migratorio, Migrar Sin Vigilancia
Privacy
Privacy

Privacidad en desplazamiento: estas son las amenazas digitales contra albergues migratorios en México

18 Dec 2024
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Privacidad en desplazamiento: estas son las amenazas digitales contra albergues migratorios en México
18 Dec 2024
Privacidad en desplazamiento: estas son las amenazas digitales contra albergues migratorios en México
Privacidad en desplazamiento migratorio, Migrar Sin Vigilancia
Surveillance
Surveillance

Privacidad en desplazamiento migratorio: Un diagnóstico sobre la vigilancia, protección de datos y seguridad digital en lugares de acogida de personas migrantes en México. Basado en testimonios

18 Dec 2024
Publication
Privacidad en desplazamiento migratorio: Un diagnóstico sobre la vigilancia, protección de datos y seguridad digital en lugares de acogida de personas migrantes en México. Basado en testimonios
18 Dec 2024
Privacidad en desplazamiento migratorio: Un diagnóstico sobre la vigilancia, protección de datos y seguridad digital en lugares de acogida de personas migrantes en México. Basado en testimonios
how social media companies increase risks for LGBTQ+ people in Africa
Digital Security
Digital Security

Rainbow-burning: how social media companies increase risks for LGBTQ+ people in Africa

4 Dec 2024

Colonial-era laws and a global anti-rights movement are fueling LGBTQ+ repression across Africa. Access Now documented 214 threats on platforms like TikTok, X, Facebook, YouTube, and WhatsApp, underscoring widespread risks.

Publication
Rainbow-burning: how social media companies increase risks for LGBTQ+ people in Africa
4 Dec 2024
Rainbow-burning: how social media companies increase risks for LGBTQ+ people in Africa