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No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. "
Article 12 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Privacy Legal Fund (Germany) e.V. (PLF) is a nonprofit public interest organization focussing on human rights in digital networks. We are dedicated to promoting the democratic potential of today's open, decentralized global Internet. Our mission is to develop, implement and support technologies to preserve and enhance free expression, privacy, open access, and other democratic values in the new and increasingly integrated communications medium.
With expertise in technology and policy, PLF seeks practical solutions to enhance free expression and privacy in communications technologies. We promote technologies that empower people to use their rights to communicate, publish and obtain an unprecedented array of information on the Internet such as Tor, I2P, SILC and others.
We oppose governmental censorship all over the world and other threats to the free flow of information. As an effective alternative to government controls, we believe that a diversity of technology tools can empower families and individuals on the Internet to communicate freely and make choices about the information they receive.
The PLF is working for strong privacy protections against surveillance on the Internet. We believe that the content of communications, stored information, and transactional data deserve strong legal protection against unreasonable government search and seizure. Protections against government searches should extend to the network, as well as to the home.
We support german privacy-activists to provide anonymity- and privacy enhanced services to the public and help them if they are persecuted by german LEAs.
The Privacy Legal Fund (Germany) e.V. was established on the 24C3 in 2007 by several german privacy-activists and is based in Berlin, Germany. It is primarily grant-supported and serves individuals nationwide.
The Pivacy Legal Fund (Germany) e.V. goals are to: