Strong encryption is a critical technology that helps keep people, their information, and communications private and secure. It underpins online trust, protects members of vulnerable communities, and safeguards the data of governments, businesses, and everyday citizens from criminals and hostile governments.
However, some governments and organisations are pushing to weaken encryption, which would create a dangerous precedent that compromises the security of billions of people around the world. Actions in one country that undermine encryption threaten us all.
On Global Encryption Day, we call on governments and the private sector to reject efforts to undermine encryption and instead pursue policies that enhance, strengthen, and promote use of strong encryption to protect people everywhere. We also support and encourage the efforts of companies to protect their customers by deploying strong encryption on their services and on their platforms. Strong encryption is a critical tool toward a safer world for us all.
Signed by
Access Now
Africa Media and Information Technology Initiative (AfriMITI)
African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms Coalition
African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX)
Alianza por el Cifrado en Latinoamérica y el Caribe (AC-LAC)
AP2SI - Associação Portuguesa para a Promoção da Segurança da Informação
Arenberg Crypto
Association for Progressive Communications (APC)
Association for Proper Internet Governance
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC)
Big Brother Watch
Blacknight
Canadian Civil Liberties Association
CCAOI
Centro Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Sobre Internet (CLISI)
Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East & Southern Africa (CIPESA)
Comisión para la Colaboración del Desarrollo de Internet en las IES
Committee to Protect Journalists
Cybersecurity Advisors Network (CyAN)
Derechos Digitales
Diamond Alternative Legal Services
Digital Empowerment Foundation
Digital Rights Watch
dmarcian
Donuts Inc.
Echoworx
E-Governance and Internet Governance Foundation for Africa (EGIGFA)
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Frontiers Australia, Inc
Escola Profissional de Campanhã
Function X Foundation
Fundación Cibervoluntarios
Fundación Karisma
Global Partners Digital
Global Voices
Human Rights Journalists Network
IDDLAC
IFEX
Ikigai Innovation Initiative
Indic Project
Innovation Solution Lab
Institute for Internet and the Just Society
Instituto Beta: Internet & Democracia – IBIDEM
Instituto de Referência em Internet e Sociedade - IRIS
Instituto Liberdade Digital
Instituto Nacional para el Desarrollo de la Ciberseguridad
INSM Network
International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group
International Press Institute (IPI)
Internet Australia
Internet Freedom Foundation
Internet Governance Project
Internet Society
Internet Society Belgium Chapter
Internet Society Brazil Chapter
Internet Society Cameroon Chapter
Internet Society (Canada) Manitoba Chapter
Internet Society Catalonia Chapter
Internet Society Chad Chapter
Internet Society Colombia Chapter
Internet Society Congo Chapter
Internet Society Cote d’Ivoire Chapter
Internet Society Ghana Chapter
Internet Society Guatemala Chapter
Internet Society Haiti Chapter
Internet Society Hong Kong
Internet Society India Chennai Chapter
Internet Society India Hyderabad Chapter
Internet Society Japan Chapter
Internet Society Kenya Chapter
Internet Society Kolkata Chapter
Internet Society Liberia Chapter
Internet Society Madagascar Chapter
Internet Society Namibia Chapter
Internet Society New York Chapter
Internet Society Nicaragua Chapter
Internet Society Nigeria Chapter
Internet Society Norway Chapter
Internet Society Philippines Chapter
Internet Society Portugal Chapter
Internet Society Puerto Rico Chapter
Internet Society Rwanda Chapter
Internet Society Senegal Chapter
Internet Society Singapore Chapter
Internet Society Somalia Chapter
Internet Society Sri Lanka Chapter
Internet Society Trinidad and Tobago Chapter
Internet Society UK England Chapter
Internet Society Zimbabwe Chapter
Internet Users Forever iki.fi society
Interpeer Project
IPANDETEC Central America
JCA-NET
Jokkolabs Banjul
Kijiji Yeetu
Law and Technology Research Institute of Recife - IP.rec
LAYLO
LGBT Technology Partnership
Lusófona University
MEGA
Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)
Media Rights Agenda (MRA)
Nameshop
New America's Open Technology Institute
Nitrokey GmbH
NUTS Technologies
Nym Technologies
ONG Acción Constitucional
OpenMedia
Open Governance Network for Europe
OPTF
Paradigm Initiative
PEN America
Post Graduate Department of Computer Science & IT, DAV College Amritsar, Punjab
Privacy & Access Council of Canada
Privacy International
Praxonomy
Prostasia Foundation
Proteus Technologies Limited
ProtonMail
Pundi X Labs
Quantum Leap Development
Ranking Digital Rights
Reform Government Surveillance
Relaycorp
Restore The Fourth
SeeZam S.A.
Simply Secure
Stiftung Neue Verantwortung e. V.
Surfshark Ltd.
Swathanthra malayalam Computing
TechHerNG
Tech for Good Asia
The Dialogue
The Tor Project
Tresorit
TunnelBear
Tutanota
Ubunteam
Uribe100.com
Venchamax Company
V. I. Okonkwo & Company
West Africa ICT Action Network
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
WO=MEN Dutch Gender Platform
Youth Forum for Social Justice