President Temer signed Brazil’s first piece of data protection legislation into law — but only after vetoing important provisions aimed at holding data processors accountable and ensuring the law is effectively implemented.…
Civil society in Argentina delivered a letter to Mendoza’s government detailing concerns about the potential acquisition of Huawei surveillance technologies.…
During Pride Month, we celebrate the many activists, journalists, human rights defenders, and community members who have helped to build a more equal and rights-respecting world, often at great personal sacrifice.…
Facebook must engage in deeper review and reform of its practices, and lawmakers must take action to ensure our rights are protected.…
We’re asking Facebook some questions, and giving you some answers.…
Access Now joins a coalition of rights organizations in calling on Russia to stop blocking the encrypted messaging application Telegram, and to cease its broader attack on free expression online and the free press. …
Brazil joins the list of countries debating regulations to eliminate “fake news.” Dangerous proposals to censor online expression come at a terrible moment for Brazil’s democracy.…
Every government that seeks to protect privacy should take the time necessary to pause, reflect, and assess what digital identity programs will mean to our global society.…
Without federal standards, our access to redress for data breaches is hit-or-miss. …
Our working paper on national digital ID programmes explores the human rights implications and provides lawmakers globally with policy recommendations in the areas of governance, privacy and data protection, and cybersecurity.…
The list below shows the most common areas for which the Digital Security Helpline will assist users at risk around the world. In case of digital security needs that are not listed here, we encourage our users and intermediaries to…
Read our comments for NIST, a U.S. agency that creates technical standards, on its framework for cybersecurity.…