Privacy International
Budget
€3,014,876
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
3
0.75 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
To promote the human right of privacy (as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations) throughout the world, specifically: (a) To raise awareness of, to conduct research about, and to provide educational materials regarding threats to personal privacy; (b) To monitor and report on surveillance methods and tactics employed against individuals and groups; (c) To work at national and international levels toward the provision of strong and effective privacy protections; (d) To monitor the nature, effectiveness and extent of measures to protect privacy, and to seek ways through information technology to protect personal information;
EU Legislative Interests
In the last two years Privacy International has worked on the following EU legislation: EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5060/our-position-eu-cyber-resilience-act-cra Directive on empowering consumers for the green transition https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/4963/pis-proposed-amendments-draft-directive-empowering-consumers-green-transition Digital Markets Act https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/4963/pis-proposed-amendments-draft-directive-empowering-consumers-green-transition Platform Workers Directive https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5159/privacy-international-writes-council-european-union-members-new-platform-workers Our activities in relation to the above legislation included publishing position papers and comments on the European Commission proposed texts; sharing our recommendations and analysis with selected members of the European Parliament and of the European Council. PI has also contributed in CSOs advocacy campaigns in relation to the following legislation: EU AI Act https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/4995/joint-statement-eu-ai-act-must-protect-people-move; EUROPOL reform
Communication Activities
Implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation in the EU (through participation in the Commission multistakholders expert group) Policy paper on Trust Fund for Africa https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/3220/policy-briefing-future-eu-trust-fund-africa Policy paper on NDICI https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/3219/policy-briefing-eu-neighbourhood-development-and-international-cooperation-instrument Briefing paper on Digital Markets Act: https://privacyinternational.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/PI%20submission%20on%20DMA%20final.pdf https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/4754/recommendations-trilogue-digital-markets-act
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Formal membership: European Digital Righs (EDRi) https://edri.org/ IFEX https://ifex.org Informal membership/coalitions: Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) https://tacd.org/ (PI staff member is in the steering committee of this coalition of CSOs) Global Coalition for Tech Justice (GCTJ) https://yearofdemocracy.org/, informal coalition of CSOs CSO coalition on human rights and counter-terrorism, https://www.humanrights-in-ct.org/, informal coalition of CSOs
Organisation Members
PI is not a membership organisation, and it does not have members or subsidiaries. Partner organisations listed on the website (https://privacyinternational.org/where-we-work) are not a part of formalised structure, but independent organisations (not legally affiliated with PI) PI collaborates with on delivery of its charitable objectives (sometimes based on annual agreements to deliver common objectives). Since 2008, we use our emergent expertise and research to together generate educational material, advocacy campaigns, and strategies that will support the development and sustainability of a global movement.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.