Privacy International

Privacy International ( PI) is a human rights organization founded in 1990, with international operations based in London, England. It describes itself as guardian of the privacy of citizens towards the state and commercial enterprises.

Since 1998, Privacy International gives the Big Brother Award to organizations that have the privacy of people injured annually particularly striking.

Privacy index

Since 1997, the organization shall, in cooperation with the Electronic Privacy Information Center ( EPIC) by annual surveys to determine how much privacy the nations admit their inhabitants. The study examined all EU countries and 11 other selected countries.

Financing

Privacy International is supported and financed by various foundations, academic institutions and non-governmental organizations. For example you have of the Soros Foundation, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, the Fund for Constitutional Government, the Stern Foundation, the Privacy Foundation, the German Marshall Fund and the University of New South Wales funds or are supported on a smaller scale by private donations.