Directory of International Privacy Organisations

This document contains contact points outside Australia that are relevant to privacy advocates. A separate page provides contact-points for Australian organisations. The Departments are:

• privacy advocacy organisations
• anti-privacy lobbies
• privacy protection agencies

The links in this page are reviewed periodically. Please advise any broken links, or suggested enhancements, to the APF Web-Team.

Privacy Advocacy Organisations

• Privacy International
• [U.S.] Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
• [U.S.] Privacy Rights Clearing House (San Diego)
• [U.S.] privacy.org
• the [U.S.] Center for Democracy and Technology
• Global Internet Liberty Campaign (GILC)
• Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
• [U.S.] Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
• Junkbusters
• Fight the Fingerprint
• Big Brother Inside

Here are some indexes provided on other sites:

• EPIC's index of U.S. organisations
• Yahoo : Government : Law : Privacy
• Yahoo : Society and Culture : Civil Rights

Anti-Privacy Lobbies

Many organisations have been established to fight against privacy protections. The most insidious are those that claim to be pro-privacy, but that are motivated by business considerations rather than privacy protection. They include the following:

• Americans for Computer Privacy
• Online Privacy Alliance
• Privacilla.org
• GlobalPrivacy.org
• Privacy Exchange
• Truste
• [U.S.] 'International' Association of Privacy Professionals
• Privacy Council Inc.

These, on the other hand, are expressly pro-business:

• [U.S.] Direct Marketing Association
• Privacy and American Business (Alan Westin & Co.)
• [U.S.] BBBOnline (Better Business Bureau)
• [U.K.] Privacy Laws & Business

Privacy Protection Agencies

• the WorldLII index of Privacy Protection Agencies worldwide
• the GILC register of Privacy Commissioners' sites
• EPIC's list of international privacy sites

If you're aware of a relevant agency that isn't listed here, please tell us!!

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