The Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index methodology and indicators are openly available and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Researchers around the world have applied the Index methodology to evaluate companies in local and regional markets. Below is a list of the projects that have published results thus far.
Ukraine
Title: “Index of Personal Data Protection 2021”
Published by: Internews Ukraine
Date: September 2021
Full report here (PDF)
Iran
Title: “Digital Rights & Tech Sector Accountability in Iran”
Published by: Filterwatch in partnership with Taraaz
Date: November 2020
Full report here (PDF)
New York City
Title: “Take it or Leave it: How NYC Residents Are Forced to Sacrifice Online Privacy for Internet Service”
Published by: Digital Equity Lab
Date: March 2018
Full report here (PDF)
Russia
Title: “Transparency of Mobile Operators and Compliance with Digital Rights” (In Russian)
Published by: Sarkis Darbinyan (Roscomsvoboda), Mikhail Klimarev (Society for Internet Protection), and Sergei Hovyadinov (Ranking Digital Rights Open Technology Fund Fellow)
Date: March 2018
Full report here
Title: “Research: the majority of popular services on the Runet do not adequately comply with obligations on digital rights” (In Russian)
Published by: Roscomsvoboda
Date: March 2021
Full report here
Kenya and Senegal
Title: “Digital Rights in Sub Saharan Africa: Analysis of Practices by Orange in Senegal and Safaricom in Kenya”
Published by: Internet Sans Frontières (ISF)
Date: January 2018
Full report (English)
Full report (French)
Arab region
Title: “Dependent Yet Disenfranchised: The Policy Void That Threatens the Rights of Mobile Users in Arab States”
Published by: Social Media Exchange (SMEX)
Date: January 2018
Full report here
India
Title: “Ranking Digital Rights in India”
Published by: Centre for Internet & Society
Date: January 2017
Full report here
Pakistan
Title: “Telecoms Privacy & Data Protection Policies in Pakistan”
Published by: Digital Rights Foundation
Date: December 2016
Full report here
