Global advocacy group offering direct technical support to activists, policy reports, and campaign coordination.

In-depth technology news and analysis.

Dutch digital-rights NGO focusing on data retention laws, encryption, and open government.

Newly formed body responsible for administering and enforcing California’s privacy laws.

Washington-DC think tank shaping tech policy on encryption, platform governance, and data protection.

Provides comprehensive information and resources companies that allows everyday people report and research consumer rights violation by companies and corporations, as was advocating for protecting consumer rights.

Australia’s leading digital-rights organization providing commentary, submissions, and alerts on surveillance and censorship.

Leading U.S. nonprofit defending digital privacy, free expression, and innovation through litigation, policy analysis, and activism.

U.S.-based public-interest research center focusing on freedom of information, data-privacy cases, and FOIA.

Grassroots digital-rights movement best known for large online actions defending privacy, an open Internet, and device repair rights.

Annual country-by-country assessments of online freedom, surveillance, and access restrictions.

Washington-DC–based think tank producing policy white papers and best-practice guides on biometric data, AI, and health data privacy.

Community-driven repair manuals and teardown guides fueling the global Right to Repair movement.(cross-category)

Membership and certification body offering news, resources, and training on global privacy frameworks.

A German-based metasearch engine that anonymizes your queries and compiles results from various sources that touts to be free from corporate or state influence.(cross-category)

A self-hosted file sync, calendar, and contacts platform offering end-to-end encryption options.(cross-category)

U.K. advocacy network campaigning on surveillance reforms, free speech, and copyright exceptions.

Funder of anti-censorship and secure-communications projects like Tor, Signal, and Lantern.

Canadian nonprofit mobilizing campaigns on affordable Internet, platform governance, and user rights.

Offers a free browser extension designed to prevent companies from tracking users across the internet. It provides tools for enhanced online privacy and digital protection.(cross-category)

U.K.–based charity researching government/corporate surveillance, with campaigns against mass data-collection.

Washington-based nonprofit working on telecom, net neutrality, and consumer repair rights.

A security-oriented, free and open-source operating system for personal computers that enables secure A security-focused OS using Xen virtualization to isolate applications in separate, disposable VMs touted as a “reasonably secure operating system"(cross-category)

U.S. advocacy coalition tracking Right to Repair bills, publishing scorecards, and coordinating state-level campaigns.

Global press-freedom NGO tracking state censorship, website blocking, and digital repression via its “Enemies of the Internet” report.

Grassroots movement named for the Fourth Amendment, focused on resisting mass surveillance post-Snowden.

Pan-EU network pushing for right-to-repair regulations under the Ecodesign Directive.

Offers a secure messaging experience with a strong emphasis on user privacy. It provides essential communication features while prioritizing secure and private interactions.(cross-category)

A live operating system that routes all network traffic through Tor and leaves no digital trace on the host.(cross-category)