Privacy - Non-US/Global/Regional/Local

International

Australia

australia_cellular_crypto.article
Bernard Lagan and Anne Davies' April 1993 article describing how Australian mobile phone companies have over ridden objections by law enforcement agencies and begun uncrackable networks.
Australian Computer Society (ACS) WWW Server
Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) WWW Server

Austria

ARGE Daten: Oesterreichische Gesellschaft fuer Datenschutz (The Austrian Society for Privacy and Data Protection
ARGE DATEN wants to achieve that information technology and telecommunication are used in a human way with social responsibility and under protection of privacy. Information is provided to achieve these aims.
engagierte Computer ExpertInnen (eCE)
As the name DBAI indicates, most of our research takes place in the areas of Databases and Artificial Intelligence.

Belgium

be_anti-crypto_94.law
Text of a 1994 (and so far mostly or completely unenforced - though this could change) law banning the use of non-"escrowed" encryption in Belgium.
Digitale Burgerbeweging Belgie (db.be)
Digitale Burgerbeweging NederLand or short DB.NL strives for: 1.digital democracy (civil liberties such as freedom of expression, protection of privacy, citizen's participation) 2.publicly useful applications of information and communications technology 3.an accessible and user-friendly public digital network.

Canada

20021219-EFC-EFF-comments.html
Comments of Electronic Frontier Canada and Electronic Frontier Foundation
com_priv_canadian.principles
anonymous declaration of the Canadian principles of privacy and telecommunication.
cse_canada_sigint.overview
Bill Robinson's April 1994 description of the Communications Security Establishment (CSE)
photo_radar_priv_canada_ipc.memo
Information and Privacy Commissioner Tom Wright's November 1993 memo warning that Bill 47 (involving photo radar) would infringe on citizens' privacy.
BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association
FIPA is a non-profit society dedicated to advancing freedom of information and privacy rights in Canada
EF-Canada
With Canadian Archives and contacts to help preserve privacy in Canada

France

French Encryption Archive
(in French)
Association des Utilisateurs d'Internet
The AUI aims at standing for a large number of French and French-speaking Internet users. Its activities includes providing relevant information to Internet users, following and participating to Internet technical aspects improvements, and acting in direction of a better understanding of what Internet is, and what Internet means in terms of social and economical developments.

Germany

de_anti-crypto_policy.article
"early warning" article about Bundesministerium (Ministry of Internal Affairs) plan to outlaw all use of encryption in Germany. June 1994. (Article from _PC_Professionell_, translated into English.

Multinational

19980915_gilc_wassenaar.statement
Global Internet Liberty Campaign Member Statement on Wassenaar Arrangement: EFF & Other Civil Liberties Groups Join International Call for the Removal of Cryptography Controls From International Arrangement (Sept. 15, 1998; ASCII text version.)
ce_privacy_search_r95-13.recommendations
Council of Europe's disturbing recommendations for new search and seizure and privacy/crypto guidelines.
ce_recommendation_effector.newsbyte
summary from EFF's "EFFector" newsletter of the privacy concerns raised by the C. of E. recommendations.
European Union Data Protection Directive
(full text)

Russia

ukaz_crypto_rus_rfc1489.uu [uuencoded]
Russian edict (*in Russian*) banning public cryptography. A translation into English is below. [This version is in the format specified by RFC 1489, and the file has been uuencoded to preserve it's integrity, as our system could inadvertently try to convert it to the US-English ASCII character set under several circumstances. To read this file, your system must support Cyrillic fonts and character tables as specified in the RFC. This is the same edict as the one below, but in koi8 format (as used in Russian Unix systems), and with some long names of agencies replaced by abbreviations.]
ukaz_crypto_rus_altcodes.uu [uuencoded]
same text as ukaz_crypto_rus_rfc1489.uu [This version is in Russian alt-codes for the DOS-type PC. We have no idea which code pages and fonts must be supported, other than being Cyrillic ones. The file has been uuencoded to preserve it's integrity, as our system could inadvertently try to conver it to the US-English ASCII character set under several circumstances. A special TSR, driver, and/or viewer may be needed to read this, but we are assured that Russians will already know this and know how to read it.]
russian_crypto_ban_english.edict
the Russian Presidential edict banning public encryption, translated into English. (ASCII text)
Solton on Encryption

Spain

Spanish Data Protection Law (LORTAD)
(Full text; en Español/in Spanish)

U.S. States

CA
directory containing Califorian privacy, crypto & security issues material, including the SF initiative mandating electronic fingerprinting of welfare recipients.
GA
directory pertaining to cryptography, security, anonymity and privacy issues in the US state of Georgia.
MA
directory pertaining to cryptography, security and privacy issues in Massachusetts.
MN
directory pertaining to cryptography, security and privacy issues in Minnesota.
NY
directory pertaining to cryptography, security and privacy issues in New York State.
OH
directory of information on privacy, cryptography and security issues in Ohio (aka God's Country, The Promised Land, Land of Enchantment, The Heart of It All).
UK
to directory of info on privacy, crypto and security issues in the United Kingdom (Britain).
VA
to directory of info on privacy, crypto and security issues in Virginia.
VT
to directory of info on privacy, crypto and security issues in Vermont.

Links to Related Off-Site Resources

EDUCAUSE
The mission of EDUCAUSE is to help shape and enable transformational change in higher education through the introduction, use, and management of information resources and technologies in teaching, learning, scholarship, research, and institutional management.
Institute for Global Communications
The Institute for Global Communications (IGC) is nonprofit organization that provides alternative sources of information as well as online access and comprehensive Internet services for progressive individuals and organizations.
Association for Progressive Communication (APC)
The Association for Progressive Communications is a global network of non-governmental organisations whose mission is to empower and support organizations, social movements and individuals in and through the use of information and communication technologies to build strategic communities and initiatives for the purpose of making meaningful contributions to equitable human development, social justice, participatory political processes and environmental sustainability."
Global Internet Liberty Campaign (GILC)
The Global Internet Liberty Campaign advocates prohibiting prior censorship of on-line communication. Insisting that on-line free expression not be restricted by indirect means such as excessively restrictive governmental or private controls over computer hardware or software, telecommunications infrastructure, or other essential components of the Internet. (GILC has links to many other groups around the world.)
Internet Society (ISoc) - Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
To assure the beneficial, open evolution of the global Internet and its related internetworking technologies through leadership in standards, issues, and education.
PeaceNet
Through PeaceNetª, take action for positive social change in the areas of peace, social and economic justice, human rights and the struggle against racism.
Privacy International (PI)
Privacy International is a human rights group formed in 1990 as a watchdog on surveillance by governments and corporations. PI is based in London, UK and has an office in Washington, D.C.