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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A year into its new mandate and the European Commission is reversing course when it comes to safeguarding human rights in the EU.
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Comments on June 2025 draft rules to amend Telecommunications (Telecom Cyber Security) Rules, 2024
Halt human rights abuses: Safaricom and its shareholders must ensure transparency and accountability in Kenya
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.
Vodacom must launch an investigation into Safaricom for enabling potential human rights abuses
Vodacom must investigate Safaricom’s role in human rights abuses in Kenya, including data sharing with police and risks to user privacy and safety.
Why client-side scanning on encrypted platforms is a lose-lose proposition
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.
High-tech Hajj: More safety but less privacy, spirituality?
Civil society warns of human rights risks in Mexico’s telecom reform
Organizaciones alertan por riesgos a derechos humanos en reforma de telecomunicaciones en México
How Uganda’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws entrap people online
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.
NSO to pay $168 million in damages to WhatsApp for Pegasus spyware hacking
Combating digital threats to safeguard press freedom
