Europe

Website: 
http://panoptykon.org/
Mission: 

Our mission is to protect human rights, in particular the right to privacy, in the clash with modern technology used for surveillance purposes. We want to analyse the risks associated with the operation of modern surveillance systems, monitor the actions of both public and private entities in this and intervene when human rights or democratic values are threatened.

We are not opposed to the use of modern technology. However, what we do care about is the preparation of legal solutions that will strike a balance between competing values, such as security and freedom.

We do believe that aspirations to increase public security or broadly conceived efficiency should not be pursued at the cost of the right to privacy and individual freedom. Our aim is to provoke social discussion on the reasons, signs and consequences of this phenomenon.

Geographic Concentration: 
Poland
Website: 
www.ldh-france.org/
Date Founded: 
1898
Mission: 

LDH was created in 1898 during the Dreyfus affair to defend innocent victims of anti-Semitism, but from early on it extend its action to the defense of citizens victim of injustices and infringements to their rights.

Geographic Concentration: 
France
Website: 
http://www.hho.hr/
Date Founded: 
1993
Mission: 

Croatian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights (CHC; Croatian: Hrvatski helsinški odbor, HHO) is the leading organisation for protection and promotion of human rights in Croatia. Founded on March 31, 1993 (first as a branch of the International Helsinki Federation, and since April 14 2003 as a local NGO under Croatian law) by independent intellectuals, artists, lawyers, journalists committed to protection and promotion of human rights.

Geographic Concentration: 
Croatia
Website: 
www.potrosac.hr/
Date Founded: 
2000
Mission: 

"Consumer" - Society for Consumer Protection CROATIAN

is non-political, non-partisan and non-governmental public organization affiliated with the aim of providing assistance to the citizens of Croatia to protect their rights as consumers, and promoting harmonization of Croatian legislation to the highest standards of consumer protection in developed democracies.

Geographic Concentration: 
Croatia
Website: 
http://hr-cjpc.si/pravokator/
Mission: 

Pravokator the online medium of the International Centre for Human rights, criminal law and privacy, where the authors are publishing news, analysis and articles from the fields of criminal and constitutional law, critical theory of law, privacy and right to privacy, human rights and social effects of technology.

Geographic Concentration: 
Slovania
Mission: 

eSlovensko is a non-governmental organization that operates the Slovak Awareness Centre. The establishment of the Centre was co-financed by the EU Safer Internet Programme. Its goal is to raise awareness among wide public, especially children and youth in order to teach them to behave responsibly when using new online technologies such as the Internet and mobile phones. The Slovak Awareness Centre is the only centre of its kind in Slovakia. It initiates various activities and social events for children, as well as it produces a plenty of promotional materials which serve as a source of knowledge and guidance for the wide public in the field of safer use of new online technologies.

Geographic Concentration: 
Slovakia
Date Founded: 
1995
Mission: 

EFN is a Norwegian non-profit civil liberties organization (NGO) working to protect and promote digital civil rights and public goods, such as freedom of expression, privacy, freedom from surveillance, free culture and knowledge commons, open standards, user-driven software, the use of open media formats on the net, the right to access, copy and share knowledge and culture, the strengthening of civic society and its conditions and constituents, and more. Inspired by the Electronic Frontier Foundation in the USA, EFN was founded January 19, 1995.

Geographic Concentration: 
Norway
Mission: 

The Foundation Open Society Institute–Macedonia works to foster a society that is more tolerant, democratic, integrated with Europe, and composed of informed and educated citizens. Among its major priorities are increasing civic participation in politics, supporting the rights of Roma and other vulnerable populations, and promoting regional cooperation on issues ranging from human rights to social science education.

Mission: 

Metamorphosis Foundation is an independent, non-partisan and non-profit foundation based in Skopje, Macedonia. Its main goals are development of democracy and prosperity by promoting knowledge-based economy and information society.
Main activities of the organization include: lobbying and advocacy in order to make the social and legal environment more conducive to ICT development; educational and informative efforts, including basic and advanced training, and rising of public awareness; and providing concrete ICT solutions to social and developmental challenges.

Geographic Concentration: 
Macedonia
Mission: 

Privacy protection advocay work

Geographic Concentration: 
Italy