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About Privacy and Human Rights 2006
07/09/2006
Privacy and Human Rights 2006
An International Survey of Privacy Laws and Developments
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Washington, DC, USA
Privacy International
London, UK
Background Information
PHR2006 - Foreward
17/12/2007
Notes and Acknowledgements on this tenth edition of the Privacy and Human Rights report.
PHR2006 - Executive Summary
17/12/2007
This annual report by the Electronic Privacy Information Center and Privacy International reviews the state of privacy in more than 75 countries around the world. It outlines legal protections for privacy, and summarizes important issues and events relating to privacy and surveillance. Each country report covers the constitutional, legal and regulatory framework protecting privacy and the surveillance of communications by law enforcement, new landmark court cases, most noteworthy advocacy work of non-governmental organizations and human rights groups, various new developments, and major news stories related to privacy. This summary is also available in German on the Unwatched website.
PHR2006 - Overview of Privacy
16/12/2007
Privacy is a fundamental human right. It underpins human dignity and other values such as freedom of association and freedom of speech. It has become one of the most important human rights of the modern age. In this section we review the variety of definitions of privacy.
PHR2006 - Privacy Topics Index
15/12/2007
PHR2006 - Country Reports Overview
14/12/2007
Highlights from the country reports. This summary is also available in German on the Unwatched website.
Key PI Resources
PHR2006 - Country Reports
18/12/2007
PI Global Studies
Privacy and Human Rights 2006
18/12/2007
Full version of our annual report.
Privacy and Human Rights 2005
17/12/2007
An International Survey of Privacy Laws and Developments, released in November 2006. Edited by Marc Rotenberg and Cédric Laurant, and Ula Galster and Katitza Rodríguez Pereda.
Leading surveillance societies in the EU and the World 2006
02/11/2006
Privacy International's rankings of privacy protection around the world.
Graphic from the Daily Telegraph, November 2, 2006. (click to enlarge)
Privacy and Human Rights 2004
08/09/2004
Privacy International and EPIC global survey of privacy laws and developments for 2004.
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PI & EPIC Privacy and Human Rights 2003 World Privacy Survey
11/09/2003
Privacy International and the Electronic Privacy Information Center released Privacy and Human Rights 2003 on 5 September. The report reviews the state of privacy in 55 countries around the world. Issues covered include data protection, surveillance, anti-terrorism efforts and new technologies.
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Privacy and Human Rights 2002
01/09/2002
The 2002 edition of Privacy and Human Rights examines the impact of government proposals after September 11, 2001 on privacy and civil liberties. The report documents many new anti-terrorism and security measures and identifies key trends including increased communications surveillance, weakening of data protection regimes, and increased profiling and identification of individuals.
Maps
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Global Map of Data Protection
14/09/2006
Map showing countries that have adopted comprehensive data protection acts or are in the process of doing so. (Last updated Sept 2006)
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Press Releases
Publication of the first international privacy rankings
02/11/2006
On Thursday 2nd November the London—based watchdog group Privacy International will publish the first ever international privacy rankings, scored by country. The rankings establish for the first time that most of the world’s most economically advanced countries have failed to protect the privacy rights of their citizens, while some of the newest and poorest democracies have become best protectors.
Global Human Rights study warns of endemic privacy threats
18/11/2004
A major international privacy report published today has concluded that governments across the world have substantially increased surveillance in the past year.
Privacy International & EPIC Release 2004 Annual Global Privacy Study
17/11/2004
PI and EPIC released the 7th Privacy and Human Rights report on 17 November 2004. It finds that governments across the world have substantially increased surveillance in the past year and warns that threats to personal privacy have reached a level that is dangerous to fundamental human rights.
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