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Privacy Advocates List
Africa
- Privacy South Africa (International (South Africa))
- The Internet Service Providers Association (South Africa)
Asia
- Development through Advocacy and Research' (South Asia)
- Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication - BNNRC (Bangladesh)
- Bytes for All - B4All (Pakistan)
- Consumers Korea (South Korea)
- Foundation for Media Alternatives - FMA (Philippines)
- Hong Kong Human Rights Commission (Hong Kong)
- Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor (Hong Kong)
- ISOC Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
- ISOC India Chennai (India)
- ISOC Philippines (Philippines)
- No! Surveillance (Japan)
- Privacy International Japan (Japan)
- The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) (Israel)
- The Center for Internet and Society - CIS (India)
- Voices of Interactive Choice and Empowerment - CHOICE (Bangladesh)
Australia / New Zealand
- APC.au (Australia)
- Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (Australia)
- Australian Privacy Foundation - APF (Australia)
- Choice (Australia)
- Civil Liberties Australia (Australia )
- Coalition Against Unsolicited Bulk Email-Australia (Australia)
- Council for Civil Liberties - NSW (Australia)
- Electronic Frontiers Australia (Australia)
- New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties (Australia)
Europe
- Action Consommation (France)
- Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung (Germany, about 40 local chapters)
- Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung (German Working Group on Data Retention) (Germany)
- Arge Daten (Austria)
- Asociación de Internautas (Spain)
- Association Electronique Libre - AEL (Electronic Freedom Association) (Belgium)
- Association for Technology and Internet - APTI (Romania)
- BigBrotherAwards Germany (Germany)
- Bits of Freedom (Netherlands)
- Buro Jansen and Janssen (Netherlands)
- Cellule Interdisciplinaire de Technology Assessment-University of Namur - CITA-FUNDP (Belgium)
- Center for Media and Communication Studies - CMCS (Hungary)
- Chaos Computer Club – CCC (Germany)
- Comisión de Libertades e Informática - CLI (Spain)
- Consumer (Potrosac) (Croatia)
- Croatian Helsinki Committee (Croatia)
- Deutsche Vereinigung für Datenschutz (German Association for Data Protection) – DVD (Germany)
- Die Humanistische Union (The Humanist Union) – HU (Germany)
- Digital Rights Denmark (Denmark)
- Digital Rights Denmark (Denmark)
- Digital Rights Ireland (Ireland)
- Eötvös Károly Institute (Hungary)
- Eötvös Károly Policy Institute (EKINT) (Hungary)
- Electronic Frontier Bulgaria - EFB (Bulgaria)
- Electronic Frontier Finland – EFFI (Finland)
- Electronic Frontier Foundation Norway (EFN) (Norway)
- Electronic Frontiers Italy - ALCEI (Italy)
- European Civil Liberties Network – ECLN (Europe)
- European Digital Rights - EDRI (Europe)
- Förderverein Informationstechnik und Gesellschaft (Association for Information Technology and Society) – FITUG (Germany)
- Federation of German Consumer Organizations - vzbv (Germany)
- Foebud (Germany)
- Forum InformatikerInnen für Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung e.V. (Forum of Computer professionals for Peace and Social Responsibility) – FIFF (Germany)
- Foundation Open Society Institute–Macedonia (FOSIM) ()
- Humanistische Union (Humanistic Union) (Germany)
- Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU) (Hungary)
- Imaginons un Réseau Internet Solidaire – IRIS (France)
- International PET Portal and Blog (Hungary)
- Internet Society (Bulgaria)
- Internet Society Bulgaria - ISOC (Bulgaria)
- ISOC France (France )
- Iuridicum Remedium (Czech Republic)
- Le Centre de Recherches Informatique et Droit - CRID (Belgium)
- Ligue des Droits de l’home (LDH) (France)
- Metamorphosis Foundation (Macedonia)
- Netzwerk Neue Medien (Network New Media) – NNM (Germany)
- Panoptykon Foundation (Poland)
- Pravokator (Slovania)
- Privacy Ukraine (Ukraine)
- Quintessenz (Austria)
- Statewatch (Europe )
- Swiss Internet User Group (Switzerland)
- The European Association for the defense of Human Rights (AEDH) (Europe)
- The European Privacy Institute (Europe)
- The Interdisciplinary Centre for Law & ICT - ICRI (Belgium)
- The National Association for the Defence of Privacy (Associazione Nazionale per la Difesa della Privacy or ANDIP) (Italy)
- The Slovak Awareness Centre (Slovakia)
- Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue – TCD (Europe)
- Uninet (Bulgaria)
- VECAM (France)
- Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (Federation of German Consumer Organizations) – VBV (Germany)
- Verein für Internet-Benutzer Österreichs (Association for Austrian Internet Users) – Vibe AT! (Austria)
North America
- Adminnet - CawAilleurs (Canada)
- American Civil Liberties Union - ACLU (United States)
- Association for Progressive Communication - APC (Global)
- BC Civil Liberties Association (Canada)
- BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association - FIPA (Canada)
- Californians Against Telephone Solicitation (United States)
- Canadian Civil Liberties Association - CCLA (Canada)
- Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic – CIPPIC (Canada)
- CAPAPA (Canada)
- CATO Institute – CATO (United States)
- Center for Democracy and Technology (United States of America)
- Center for Digital Democracy – CDD (United States)
- Centre for Democracy and Technology – CDT (United States)
- Coalition against Unsolicited Commercial E-mails – CAUCE (United States)
- Consumer Action (USA only)
- Consumer Action – CA (United States)
- Consumer Federation of America (United States of America)
- Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering – CASPIAN (United States)
- Consumers Union (CU) (United States)
- Electronic Frontier Foundation – EFF (United States)
- Electronic Privacy Information Center – EPIC (United States)
- Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights - FTCR (United States)
- Freedom House (World)
- Frontline (Canada)
- Global Internet Liberty Campaign (GILC) (Canada)
- Health Privacy – HP (United States)
- ID Theft Resource Center – ITRC (United States)
- IP Justice (United States)
- ISOC New York (New York)
- Junkbusters (United States)
- La Ligue des Droits et Libertés (League of Rights and Liberties) (Canada)
- Liberty Coalition (United States)
- National Association of State Public Interest Research Groups - US-PIRG (United States)
- National Consumers League – NCL (United States)
- New York Surveillance Camera Players – SCP (United States)
- North American Consumer Project on Electronic Commerce (NACPEC) (Mexico)
- OpenMedia.ca (Canada)
- Patient Privacy Rights Coalition (United States)
- Privacy Activism (United States)
- Privacy and Access Council of Canada - Conseil du Canada de l’Accès et la vie Privée (PACC-CCAP) (Canada)
- Privacy Journal (United States)
- Privacy Rights Clearinghouse – PRC (United States)
- Privacy Times (United States)
- Private Citizen Inc. (United States)
- Privaterra (United States)
- Public Interest Advocacy Centre – PIAC (Canada)
- Safety by Education Not Speed Enforcement (SENSE) (British Columbia)
- The Center for Media Literacy (CML) (United States)
- The Citizen Lab (Canada)
- The Privacy Coalition (United States)
- Utilities Conusmers’ Action Network – UCAN (United States)
- World Privacy Forum – WPF (United States)
South America / Central America
- AGEIA DENSI Argentina (Argentina)
- Alfa Redi (Peru)
- Asociación Colombiana de Usuarios de Internet (Colombia)
- Asociación de Derecho Informático de Argentina - A.D.I.Ar (Argentina)
- Derechos Digitales (Digital Rights) (Chile)
- Foundation Escuela Latinoamericana de Redes - EsLaRed (Venezuela)
- Fundacion via Libre (Open Source Foundation) (Argentina)
- Instituto Brasileiro de Defesa do Consumidor - Idec (Brazil)
- Internauta (Brazil)
- Monitor de Privacidad y Acceso a Información en América Latina (Latin America)
- Nupef Institute (Brazil)
UK
- Action on Rights for Children - ARCH (United Kingdom)
- Big Brother Watch (United Kingdom)
- Consumer Focus (United Kingdom)
- Cyber Rights and Cyber Liberties (United Kingdom)
- Foundation for Information Policy Research - FIPR (United Kingdom)
- Leave Those Kids Alone – LTKA (United Kingdom)
- National Council for Civil Liberties / Liberty – NCCL (United Kingdom)
- Say No 2 ID (United Kingdom)
- Stop the Cyborgs (United Kingdom)
International
- Amnesty International - AI (International)
- Anti-Phishing Working Group (International)
- Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) (Worldwide)
- Freedom House (World)
- Internet Governance Forum (Headquartered in Switzerland)
- Privacy International (International)
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