Open Rights Group
Budget
€978,000
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
2
0.2 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
Open Rights Group (ORG) is a digital rights campaigning organisation, working to protect everyone’s rights to privacy and free speech online.
EU Legislative Interests
- AI Act - DSA - DMA - UK-EU trade and cooperation agreement - UK-EU Adequacy Decision - General Data Protection - Limited work on EU encryption regulation (chat control) in relation to the Online Safety Act - Digital Omnibus - EUDI wallet
Communication Activities
- Campaign with People vs Big Tech (billboard and leafletting) at Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference - Briefings for EU Parliament on UK Data (Use and Access) Act (Data Protection reform) - Participation in Digital Trade Roundtable organised by Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue - Open letter on UK Online Safety Bill with mention of EU law on encryption - Participation in European Parliament events on UK Data Protection for UK-EU relationship - Participation in European Digital Rights General Assembly 2025 - Participation in Undoing Police Tech, Reclaiming Safety conference organised by Justice, Equity and Technology Table - Participation in Colour of Surveillance II: Liberation practices in times of fascism conference organised by Equinox EU and Weaving Liberatio - Work on age assurance technology implementation and how regulations relates to the UK's Online Safety Act
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
European Digital Rights: https://edri.org/about-us/our-network/
Organisation Members
Corporate Supporters: https://www.openrightsgroup.org/corporate-supporters/
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.