This document contains contact points outside Australia that arerelevant to privacy advocates. A separate page provides contact-points for Australian organisations. The Departments are:
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:
- A Canadian Index of Advocates Around the World
- 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!!