About Privacy International 17/03/2010

Privacy International (PI) is a human rights group formed in 1990 as a watchdog on surveillance and privacy invasions by governments and corporations. PI is based in London, England, and has an office in Washington, D.C. We have campaigned across the world to protect people against intrusion by governments and corporations that seek to erode this fragile right. We believe that privacy forms part of the bedrock of freedoms, and our goal has always been to use every means to preserve it. For more information please click here. To donate to PI please click here. Follow us on Twitter or join our Facebook group.

Overview: Rogues' Corner 07/01/2010

You have entered the Restricted area of the Privacy International site. That means you must be either extremely bored or a Twitter fanatic. Or all three. Here you will find confidential files and reports that the authorities didn't want you to see. If you are discovered reading these documents, swallow them immediately. Oh, and if you have any ideas you would like us to include then please email us at privacyint@privacy.org with the subject header "Look out! He's carrying a tissue!" and we'll pass your message on to the relevant agency.

Thank you for funding PI! 17/12/2009

About Privacy International Privacy Policy 13/11/2009

Old Privacy Policy changed November 2009 13/11/2009
This is an old copy of our privacy policy, that we had to change because of our increased use of social media. We have included a new section in the new policy around our use of Twitter.

Old Privacy Policy changed April 2007 11/04/2007
Changes were introduced to deal with syntax errors and to explain the treatment of our communications data by our new email provider, Neomailbox.

Old Privacy Policy changed March 2007 16/03/2007
This is a copy of our old policy, with the noted changes through its transition to the current policy. Changed from March 2007.

PHR2005 - Translations in German and Spanish 06/12/2006
Front sections of Privacy and Human Rights 2005 are now available in Spanish and German.

PHR2005 - Forward 01/11/2006

PHR2005 - Acknowledgements and Front Matter 31/10/2006
With every new edition people from around the world help expand and improve our report.

PHR2005 - Executive Summary 30/10/2006

PHR2005 - Overview of Privacy 29/10/2006

PHR2005 - Highlights 27/10/2006

PHR2005 - Glossary and International Resources (PDF) 26/10/2006

About Privacy and Human Rights 2006 07/09/2006

Privacy and Human Rights 2006

An International Survey of Privacy Laws and Developments

Electronic Privacy Information Center
Washington, DC, USA

Privacy International
London, UK

Overview - The Stupid Security Awards 21/08/2006

The Stupid Security Awards is an open competition run by Privacy International to discover the world’s most pointless, intrusive, annoying and self-serving security measures. The awards aim to highlight the absurdities of the security industry. The awards were first staged in 2003 and attracted over 5,000 nominations from members of the public from around the world.

The competition is judged by an international panel of well-known security experts, public policy specialists, privacy advocates and journalists. Together they decide on the following award categories:

• Most Egregiously Stupid Award
• Most Inexplicably Stupid Award
• Most Annoyingly Stupid Award
• Most Flagrantly Intrusive Award
• Most Stupidly Counter Productive Award

Unworkable security practices and illusory security measures do nothing to help issues of real public concern. They only hinder the public, intrude unnecessary into our private lives and often reduce us to the status of cattle.

About PI - Media Digest 10/04/2005
A selection of PI's media coverage over the years.

About PI - Early Documents on General Information 06/03/2005
A document from 1993 outlining our work and projects.

About PI - Early Documents and Welcome by Justice Kirby 06/03/2005
A message from Australian Justice Michael Kirby on the importance of privacy and Privacy International, from 1993.

About PI - The Interim Report to Members 1990-1991 06/03/2005
This report, drafted in PI's first year outlines our aims and mandate.